The NASCAR Xfinity Series hits its first 2.4 km runway of the season on Saturday at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Series champions Austin Cindric and Harrison Burton will try to pick up where they left off last year, when they both won several victories (Cindric – three, Burton – two) on this type of track. Burton was one of the winners of last year’s Xfinity doubleheader in Miami.
Cindric will start on pole on Saturday, with Daniel Hemric joining him on the front row.
Details of the Miami Xfinity race on Saturday:
(All times are from the east)
BEGIN: Command to start engines by Joe Neber, owner and president of Contender Boats, at 4:32 pm … The green flag is scheduled to wave at 4:42 pm
PREPARATION: Garage open at 10 am… Drivers present themselves at their vehicles at 4:05 pm… Presentation of the driver at 4:10 pm… Invocation of Pastor David McCloud, Granada Church (Coral Gables, Florida) at 4:24 pm… National anthem will be held at 4:24 pm
DISTANCE: The race is 167 laps (250.5 miles) on the 1.5 mile track
STAGES: Stage 1 ends on lap 40. Stage 2 ends on lap 80.
TV / RADIO: The broadcast of the FS1 race starts at 4:30 pm, with coverage starting at 4 pm … Radio coverage from the Motor Racing Network starts at 4 pm and will also be broadcast on MRN.com; SiriusXM NASCAR radio will broadcast.
STREAMING: FS1 race broadcast
FORECAST: The forecast from wunderground.com points to a generally sunny sky, with a maximum temperature of 82 degrees and a 2% chance of rain at the start of the race.
LAST YEAR: Homestead-Miami hosted an Xfinity doubleheader last June. Harrison Burton won the first race. Chase Briscoe won the second race in overtime.
HOME LINE: Miami Xfinity home line