FORT WORTH, Texas – Even rain delays are bigger in Texas. 

Hours of track-drying efforts were for naught on Friday evening at Texas Motor Speedway as practice and qualifying in the NASCAR Xfinity Series were canceled due to rain which fell earlier in the day. 

The starting lineup was instead determined by NASCAR’s rulebook. Corey Day, who will make his second career start in the Xfinity Series this week behind the wheel of the Hendrick Motorsports No. 17 Chevrolet, will start 33rd. Day finished 21st in his first event in the series at Martinsville Speedway earlier this year. 

Kyle Larson will also pull some spot duty, driving in relief of the injured Connor Zilisch in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Larson will look for his second Xfinity win in just three starts this year and will roll off from the 20th position. 

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The Xfinity Series race will cap a busy Saturday and is set for a 2 p.m. start. It will air on CW. Prior, practice and qualifying in the NASCAR Cup Series will begin at 11 a.m. and will be broadcast on Prime Video. 

The weekend will finish with the 12th race of the season in the Cup Series, set for a 3:30 p.m. start. 

Here’s a look at the Xfinity Series starting lineup as well as a schedule of events for the weekend: 

Where is NASCAR racing this weekend? 

The NASCAR Cup, Xfinity and CRAFTSMAN Truck Series are all racing at Texas Motor Speedway. 

NASCAR TV schedule this weekend

Saturday, May 3

• 11 a.m. – Cup Series practice, Prime Video
• 12:10 p.m. – Cup Series qualifying, Prime Video
• 2 – Xfinity Series race, CW

Sunday, May 4

• 3:30 p.m. – Cup Series race, FS1

NASCAR Xfinity starting lineup for Texas

1. Austin Hill, No. 21
2. Justin Allgaier, No. 7
3. Jesse Love, No. 2
4. Jeb Burton, No. 27
5. Harris Burton, No. 25
6. Sheldon Creed, No. 00
7. Sam Mayer, No. 41
8. Matt DiBenedetto, No. 99
9. Daniel Dye, No. 10
10. Anthony Alfredo, No. 42
11. Blaine Perkins, No. 31
12. Taylor Gray, No. 54
13. Carson Kvapil, No. 1
14. Nick Sanchez, No. 48
15. Nick Leitz, No. 07
16. Dean Thompson, No. 26
17. Leland Honeyman, No. 70
18. Brennan Poole, No. 44
19. Ryan Ellis, No. 71
20. Kyle Larson, No. 88
21. Brandon Jones, No. 20
22. Sammy Smith, No. 8
23. Christian Eckes, No. 16
24. Josh Bilicki, No. 91
25. Jeremy Clements, No. 51
26. Kyle Sieg, No. 28
27. Riley Herbst, No. 19
28. Mason Maggio, No. 53
29. Josh Williams, No. 11
30. Kris Wright, No. 5
31. Ryan Sieg, No. 39
32. Mason Massey, No. 45
33. Corey Day, No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
34. Parker Retzlaff, No. 4
35. William Sawalich, No. 18
36. Katherine Legge, No. 32
37. Joey Gase, No. 35
38. Garrett Smithley, No. 14
39. CJ McLaughlin, No. 92
40. Dawson Cram, No. 74

Qualifying is complete at Texas and the lineup is set for Sunday’s Würth 400 in Fort Worth.

Qualifying is complete at Texas and the lineup is set for Sunday’s Würth 400 in Fort Worth.

Hocevar clocked in at 28.175 seconds, an average speed of 191.659 mph around the 1.5-mile speedway in Fort Worth, Texas in the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet.

William Byron joins Hocevar on the front row after qualifying second, with a time of 28.189 seconds. Talladega winner Austin Cindric qualified third, followed by Kyle Larson and Michael McDowell.

Donning a black cowboy hat and a cowboy-themed firesuit, Portage native Carson Hocevar celebrated his first career NASCAR Cup Series pole position on Saturday, May 3.

Hocevar clocked a lap of 28.175 seconds around the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway, averaging 191.659 mph. William Byron qualified second, 0.014 seconds behind.

Hocevar is driving the No. 77 Chili’s “Ride the ‘Dente” Chevrolet on Sunday.

“Having the Cowboy outfit, what better place to get on the pole,” Hocevar told Prime Video after earning the pole position.

Hocevar, 22, is the youngest driver to ever win a pole at Texas Motor Speedway.

“I’m normally so hard on myself,” Hocevar said. “I still didn’t think I nailed that lap, at all.”

The honor also earns Hocevar the first pit stall, which can be an advantage to gain spots on pit road.

Hocevar is in search of his first career Cup Series win. His career best was second place at Atlanta Motor Speedway – losing by just a few feet– in February.

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Hocevar finished sixth last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. He’s moved up from 30th in points to 20th in just two weeks.

Sunday’s race is at 3:30 p.m. on FS1.

There are three Michigan-born drivers in the field for Sunday’s race. Byron native Erik Jones qualified 14th and Rochester Hills driver Brad Keselowski will start 30th.

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Setting a fast time of 28.174s, Carson Hocevar was able to hang on for his first career pole in the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet on Saturday. It’s a front row lockout for Team Chevy with William Byron putting the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in second, just 0.014s behind Hocevar’s pole lap. Hocevar was also the fastest driver in the practice session that immediately preceded qualifying.

“It’s really big,” smiled Hocevar. “It’s really big for these guys. It’s super impressive for what they’ve been able to do. This is the same group on pit road, off pit road, at the shop — everyone working on the No. 77 is exactly the same as when I started here. It’s just huge where we’ve been able to bring this team.”

Hocevar admitted that he can be hard on himself at times, and didn’t think he “nailed that lap,” despite going to the top of the board. “Super proud of this team,” he continued. “I’ve never been number one pit stall and I’ve had a lot of issue s on pit road. We’ve had a lot of bad luck, so I finally get the number one pit stall and I’m pumped about that.”

Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Photo by: James Gilbert / Getty Images

Last weekend’s Talladega race winner Austin Cindric timed in third, leading the Ford camp. Kyle Larson was fourth and Hocevar’s Spire Motorsports teammate Michael McDowell was fifth. Ty Gibbs led the Toyotas in sixth, followed by Josh Berry, Denny Hamlin, Bubba Wallace, and AJ Allmendinger. 

Defending Texas winner Chase Elliott will start deep in the field, only going fast enough for 29th. The good news is that he came from 24th on the grid to win here last year. He’s not the only notable driver with some work to do on Sunday either with Ryan Blaney 24th, Kyle Busch 26th, Joey Logano 27th, Brad Keselowski 30th, and Ross Chastain 31st.

There were no incidents during the qualifying session. History shows that the pole-sitter has not been able to translate that into a Cup win at Texas in three years of the Nex Gen era, which is something Hocevar will surely be hoping to change tomorrow. Perhaps the practice here is paying off: Hocevar has already been on track racing this weekend, as the only Cup driver to also run the Truck race on Friday night. He was solidly in second place when a battery issue derailed his night.