NASCAR Saturday schedule at Pocono Raceway

Pocono Raceway will host more than seven hours on the Nascar XFinity and Cup series on Saturday.

The XFINITY SERIES is on track at 10am for a 55-minute practice that will be followed immediately by qualifying for a 100-Round race. The green flag will drop at 15:40

The cup series starts at 12:35 a.m. an almost hour -long exercise, with each of the two groups getting 25 minutes each of the track time. The qualification starts at 1:45 pm to set up the series for Sunday’s 160-Round race.

Cole Custer is the defending XFinity Race winner, but is absent from this year’s entry list after moving to the cup series in 2025.

Dale Earnhardt jr. Will be the crew head of Connor Zilisch, as Zilisch’s regular crew head sits due to a penalty.

Pocono Raceway Saturday schedule

(All times east)

Garage open

• 08:30 – 21:00 – XFINITY SERIES
• 07:00 – 15:00 – Cup series

Trace activity

• 10 – 10:55 AM – XFINITY PRACTICE (CW APP)
• 11:05 AM – Afternoon – XFINITY QUALIFICATION (CW -IPP)
• 12:35 – 1:35 PM – Cup Practice (Prime, Mrn, SiriusXM NASCAR RADIO)
• 1:45 – 14:30 – Qualification (Prime, Mrn, SiriusXM NASCAR RADIO)
• 15:30 – XFINITY RACE (100 rounds, 250 miles; Phase 1 on lap 25, phase 2 at cloth 50; cw network; mrn, siriusxm nascar radio)

Again

Saturday: A mixture of sunshine and clouds with a high of 81 degrees and winds from the West at 5 to 10 mph. It is expected to be 80 degrees with a 15% chance of rain for the start of the Xfinity Series race.