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NASCAR’s weekend schedule for Auto Club Speedway

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Auto Club 400

FONTANA, CA - MARCH 17: Cars drive five wide prior to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway on March 17, 2019 in Fontana, California. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)

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NASCAR’s West Coast swing continues this weekend with a visit to the 2-mile Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.

Cup and Xfinity Series teams will be in action, with the weekend capped off by Sunday’s Auto Club 400.

For Friday, wunderground.com forecasts partly cloudy skies, a high of 81 degrees and no chance of rain.

For the start of Saturday’s Xfinity Series race, the forecast is for sunny skies and a high of 70 degrees.

On Sunday, the forecast for the start of the Cup race is cloudy skies, a high of 54 and a 39% of rain.

Here’s the full weekend schedule with TV and radio info:

(All times are Eastern)

Friday, Feb. 28

Noon - 10 p.m. - Xfinity garage open

1 - 9 p.m. - Cup garage open

3:05 - 3:55 p.m. - Xfinity practice (FS1)

4:05 - 4:55 - Cup practice (FS1, Motor Racing Network)

5:02 - 5:27 p.m. - Final Xfinity practice (FS1)

5:35 - 6:25 p.m. - Final Cup practice (FS1, MRN)

Saturday, Feb. 29

10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Cup garage open

11:30 a.m. - Xfinity garage opens

1:05 p.m. - Xfinity qualifying; one car/single lap (FS1)

2:15 p.m. - Xfinity driver-crew chief introductions

2:35 p.m. - Cup qualifying; one car/single lap (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

3:30 p.m. - Xfinity driver introductions

4 p.m. - Production Alliance Group 300; 150 laps/300 miles (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Sunday, March 1

11:30 a.m. - Cup garage opens

1:30 p.m. - Driver-crew chief meeting

2:50 p.m. - Cup driver introductions

3:30 p.m. - Auto Club 400; 200 laps/400 miles (Fox, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)