The NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the second race of the season.
Austin Hill is coming off his win at Daytona — the third consecutive year he’s won the season-opening race there. Sheldon Creed finished second. Parker Retzlaff was third in that race.
Details for Saturday’s Xfinity race at Atlanta
(All times Eastern)
START: The command to start engines will be given at 5:08 p.m. by Jim Muse, vice president of Global Refinish, Axalta ... The green flag is scheduled to wave at 5:19 p.m.
PRERACE: Xfinity garage opens at 2 p.m. ... Driver introductions begin at 4:40 p.m. ... The invocation will be given at 5 p.m. by Pastor David Waldroup, GO Church in Sharpsburg, Georgia. ... The national anthem will be performed by Presley Barker at 5:01 p.m.
DISTANCE: The race is 163 laps (251.02 miles) on the 1.54-mile speedway.
STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 40. Stage 2 ends at Lap 80.
STARTING LINEUP: Atlanta starting lineup
TV/RADIO: FS1 will broadcast the race at 5 p.m. ... Coverage begins at 4 p.m. on FS1. ... Streaming is available through the Fox Sports app. ... Performance Racing Network coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. … SiriusXM NASCAR Radio has the PRN broadcast.
FORECAST: Weather Underground: Partly cloudy with a high of 56 degrees and no chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race.
LAST TIME: John Hunter Nemechek led the final three laps to win the July race. Daniel Hemric was second. Cole Custer placed third. Last March, Austin Hill led a race-high 103 laps on the way to the win. Hemric was second. Ryan Truex placed third.
