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Weekend schedule for Cup, Xfinity at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600

CHARLOTTE, NC - MAY 28: Austin Dillon, driver of the #3 DOW Salutes Veterans Chevrolet, celebrates with his crew after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 28, 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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The weekend begins a day early for NASCAR teams this week. Cup and Xfinity teams will be on the track Thursday at Charlotte Motor Speedway in preparation for the weekend races. Those teams are on track Thursday because there is no track activity Friday before the action kicks in with the Xfinity race on Saturday and the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday.

Austin Dillon is the defending winner of the Coca-Cola 600.

Here is this the track schedule:

(ALL TIMES EASTERN)
THURSDAY, May 24

11:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. — Cup garage open

1 - 9 p.m. — Xfinity garage open

2:35 - 3:25 p.m. — Cup practice (Fox Sports 1)

4:05 - 4:55 p.m. — Xfinity practice (FS1)

6:05 - 6:50 p.m. — Final Xfinity practice (FS1)

7:15 p.m. — Cup qualifying; multi-vehicle/three rounds (FS1, Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

9 p.m. — ARCA GeneralTire 150; 100 laps/150 miles (FS1)

FRIDAY, May 25

No track activity

SATURDAY, May 26

6:30 a.m. — Xfinity garage opens

7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. — Cup garage open

9:05 - 9:55 a.m. — Cup practice (FS1)

10:10 a.m. — Xfinity qualifying; multi-vehicle/three rounds (FS1)

11:05 - 11:55 a.m. — Final Cup practice (FS1)

12:15 p.m. — Xfinity driver/crew chief meeting

12:30 p.m. — Xfinity driver introductions

1 p.m. — Xfinity Alsco 300; 200 laps/300 miles (FS1, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

SUNDAY, May 27

12:30 p.m. — Cup garage opens

4 p.m. — Driver/crew chief meeting

5:20 p.m. — Driver introductions

6 p.m. — Coca-Cola 600; 400 laps/600 miles (Fox, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)