Friday's Wawa 250 at Daytona gives NASCAR Xfinity drivers their best shot to clinch a playoff berth in the final three regular-season races.

As the starting driver, Connor Zilisch is credited with the victory even though Parker Kligerman crossed the finish line.

Cody Ware didn't get the chance to qualify Friday at Daytona. No NASCAR Cup Series driver did. Read Ware's guest entry in the News-Journal.

Veteran NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series driver and team owner BJ McLeod believes the only way to bridge the

Time will tell what NASCAR decides, but Dale Earnhardt Jr. strikes a nuanced chord on the issue. Whether or not they allow more races for Cup Series drivers in the Xfinity Series, there’s an argument for both sides of the issue.

Already on Friday afternoon, Mother Nature was making her presence felt as fans were given a warning of lightning in the area just after 2:30 p.m. The weather arrived around a half hour before NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying was set to start and was still in the area, pushing the beginning of the event past its scheduled start time.