Daytona International Speedway is in the rearview mirror and it’s full speed ahead to this weekend’s triple-header at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
A few notes about this weekend’s action:
* Sunday’s Folds Of Honor Quik Trip 500 will be the 2,500th race in NASCAR Cup history.
* Sunday’s race also will be the final event on AMS’s 1.54-mile racing surface. The track’s first repaving since 1997 will get underway early next week.
* Jimmie Johnson is the winningest active driver at AMS (five wins), but still trails the track’s all-time wins leader (Dale Earnhardt, nine wins).
* Johnson is also going for an AMS record third consecutive win Sunday.
Here is this week’s schedule:
(All times are Eastern)
Friday, March 3
7:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. – Truck garage open
8:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. – Xfinity garage open
9 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. – NASCAR Cup garage open
10 a.m. – 10:55 a.m. – Xfinity practice (Fox Sports 1)
11 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. – Truck practice (FS1)
12 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. – NASCAR Cup practice (FS1)
1:30 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. – Xfinity practice (FS1)
2:30 p.m. – 3:25 p.m. – Truck practice (FS1)
3:30 p.m. – 4:25 p.m. – Final Xfinity practice (FS1)
4:30 p.m. – 5:25 p.m. – Final Truck practice (FS1)
5:45 p.m. – NASCAR Cup qualifying/multi-vehicle/three rounds (FS1, Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Saturday, March 4
7 a.m. – Xfinity and Truck garages open
9:15 a.m. – Xfinity qualifying (FS1)
10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. – NASCAR Cup garage open
10:40 a.m. – Truck qualifying/single vehicle/two rounds (FS1)
11:45 a.m. – Xfinity driver/crew chief meeting
12 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. – Final Cup practice (FS1)
1:25 p.m. – Truck driver/crew chief meeting
1:30 p.m. – Xfinity driver introductions
2 p.m. – Rinnai 250 Xfinity race (163 laps, 251.02 miles) (FS1, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
4 p.m. – Truck driver introductions
4:30 p.m. – Active Pest Control 200 Truck race (130 laps, 200.2 miles) (FS1, Motor Racing Network, Sirius/XM NASCAR Radio)
Sunday, March 5
9 a.m. – NASCAR Cup garage opens
12:30 p.m. – NASCAR Cup driver/crew chief meeting
1:50 p.m. – Driver introductions
2:30 p.m. – Folds Of Honor Quik Trip 500 NASCAR Cup race (325 laps, 500.5 miles) (Fox, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)