NASCAR Truck, Xfinity, Cup weekend schedule at Texas

All three national NASCAR series are in action this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.

This is the second intermediate track of the season and it lands on the schedule after back-to-back short track races. Carson Hocevar won last season’s Truck race at Texas. John Hunter Nemechek won last season’s Xfinity race. William Byron won last season’s Cup race.

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This weekend marks Jimmie Johnson’s return to Cup racing. He will drive the No. 84 Legacy Motor Club Toyota while making his second start of the season.

Texas Motor Speedway weekend schedule

Weekend weather

Friday: Mostly sunny skies with a high of 81 degrees. A high of 73 degrees and no chance of rain at the start of the Truck race.

Saturday: Sunny skies with wind gusts more than 20 mph. A high of 77 degrees and no chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race.

Sunday: Partly cloudy skies with a high of 81 degrees and no chance of rain at the start of the Cup race.

Friday, April 12

(All times Eastern)

Garage open

• 11 a.m. — Craftsman Truck Series
• 1 - 8 p.m. — Xfinity Series
• 2:30 - 7:30 p.m. — Cup Series

Track activity

• 4:05 – 4:25 p.m. — Truck Series practice (FS1)
• 4:35 - 5:30 p.m. — Truck Series qualifying (FS1)
• 6:05 – 6:25 p.m. — Xfinity Series practice (FS1)
• 6:35 - 7:30 p.m. — Xfinity Series qualifying (FS1)
• 8:30 p.m. — Truck Series race (167 laps, 250.5 miles; FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
  
  

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Saturday, April 13

(All times Eastern)

Garage open

• 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. — Cup Series
• 10:30 a.m. — Xfinity Series

Track activity

• 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. — Cup practice (FS1, Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
• 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.— Cup qualifying (FS1, Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
• 1:30 p.m. — Xfinity race (200 laps, 300 miles; FS1, Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Sunday, April 14

(All times Eastern)

Garage open

• 12:30 p.m. — Cup Series

Track activity

• 3:30 p.m. — Cup race (267 laps, 400.5 miles; FS1, Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)