UPDATE: Rain washed out the United Rentals 300. The race has been postponed until Monday and will run at 11 a.m. ET. It will air on FS1.
Final qualifying results: Jesse Love was the fastest driver in qualifying and secured pole position for Saturday’s race. Austin Hill was the second fastest and will join him on the front row for the United Rentals 300. The full starting lineup is listed below.
1:30 p.m. update: Qualifying is officially underway.
12:47 p.m. update: Xfinity Series qualifying is currently scheduled for 1:30 p.m. ET if the weather holds. The qualifying format will be a single session, rather than two rounds they would normally have for the Daytona weekend.
11:30 a.m. update: Qualifying is on hold due to rain. The rain has slowed and qualifying might still happen, but it is delayed for the time being.
The 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series will begin today with the United Rentals 300 taking place from Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL. The race will begin at 5 p.m. ET and will air on FS1. Prior to that, qualifying will take place at 11:30 a.m. ET and will also air live on FS1.
Qualifying features two rounds. The first round sees the entire field each run a single lap to achieve the fastest time. The top ten then advance to the second round of qualifying, from which the top ten race order is settled.
Austin Hill enters qualifying as a heavy favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook. He has +400 odds to win and is followed by A.J. Allmendinger with +900 odds. The rest of the top five include John H. Nemechek at +1000, and Justin Allgaier and Cole Custer at +1100.
Here is the full entry list for the 2024 United Rentals 300 Xfinity Series race. We’ll update it with the full starting lineup as qualifying wraps.
2024 United Rentals 300 starting lineup
| Pos | Driver | Car No. | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Driver | Car No. | Time |
| 1 | Jesse Love | 2 | 49.702 |
| 2 | Austin Hill | 21 | 49.705 |
| 3 | A.J. Allmendinger | 16 | 49.779 |
| 4 | Parker Kligerman | 48 | 49.788 |
| 5 | Shane Van Gisberger | 97 | 49.83 |
| 6 | Justin Allgaier | 7 | 49.873 |
| 7 | Jeremy Clements | 51 | 49.921 |
| 8 | John H. Nemechek | 20 | 49.938 |
| 9 | Parker Retzlaff | 31 | 49.963 |
| 10 | Anthony Alfredo | 5 | 50.017 |
| 11 | Riley Herbst | 98 | 50.019 |
| 12 | Sammy Smith | 8 | 50.032 |
| 13 | Patrick Emerling | 7 | 50.035 |
| 14 | Sheldon Creed | 18 | 50.039 |
| 15 | Sam Mayer | 1 | 50.056 |
| 16 | Jeb Burton | 27 | 50.081 |
| 17 | Cole Custer | 0 | 50.087 |
| 18 | Daniel Suarez | 14 | 50.094 |
| 19 | Chandler Smith | 81 | 50.106 |
| 20 | Ryan Truex | 19 | 50.111 |
| 21 | Josh Williams | 11 | 50.123 |
| 22 | Garrett Smithley | 6 | 50.124 |
| 23 | Brandon Jones | 9 | 50.124 |
| 24 | Leland Honeyman | 42 | 50.127 |
| 25 | Kyle Weatherman | 91 | 50.159 |
| 26 | Daniel Dye | 10 | 50.297 |
| 27 | Josh Bilicki | 92 | 50.367 |
| 28 | Hailie Deegan | 15 | 50.38 |
| 29 | David Starr | 66 | 50.384 |
| 30 | Jordan Anderson | 32 | 50.408 |
| 31 | Natalie Decker | 36 | 50.418 |
| 32 | Ryan Sieg | 39 | 50.427 |
| 33 | Sage Karam | 26 | 50.429 |
| 34 | Brennan Poole | 44 | 50.44 |
| 35 | Joey Gase | 53 | 50.486 |
| 36 | Blaine Perkins | 29 | 50.552 |
| 37 | Caesar Bacarella | 45 | 50.623 |
| 38 | Dawson Cram | 4 | 50.685 |
| 39 | C.J. McLaughlin | 38 | 50.738 |
| 40 | Ryan Ellis | 43 | 50.835 |
| 41 | Kyle Sieg | 28 | 50.892 |
| 42 | Frankie Muniz | 35 | 50.907 |
| 43 | B.J. McLeod | 78 | 50.937 |
| 44 | Stanton Barrett | 74 | 51.539 |