RIDGEWAY, Va. - Hendrick Motorsports' Corey Day will take his biggest step yet at one of NASCAR's smallest venues.
Day will make his Xfinity Series debut on Saturday afternoon at Martinsville Speedway, a 0.526-mile short track in Virginia. The race is set for 4:30 p.m.
But first, Day participated in practice and qualifying from the paperclip on Friday afternoon. And after running some rehearsal laps, the 19-year-old went out and turned in a lap of 20.189 seconds. That was good enough for the eighth starting spot.
"That thing is a lot of fun," Day said after practice. "It's got a lot of power and low downforce and a guy with my background, I love that."
Saturday's race will be the second in a tripleheader this weekend, all culminating in Sunday's Cup Series race, set for 3 p.m. Hendrick Motorsports has won the last three spring races in the premier series.
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NASCAR Xfinity starting lineup today
- Connor Zilisch, No. 88
- Carson, Kvapil, No. 1
- Austin Hill, No. 21
- Jesse Love, No. 2
- Harrison Burton, No. 25
- Justin Allgaier, No. 7
- Brandon Jones, No. 20
- Corey Day, No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
- Daniel Dye, No. 10
- Sammy Smith, No. 8
- Taylor Gray, No. 54
- Dean Thompson, No. 26
- Ryan Sieg, No. 39
- William Sawalich, No. 18
- Aric Almirola, No. 19
- Anthony Alfredo, No. 42
- Sam Mayer, No. 41
- Sheldon Creed, No. 00
- Christian Eckes, No. 16
- Nick Sanchez, No. 48
- Myatt Snider, No. 91
- Blaine Perkins, No. 31
- Jeremy Clements, No. 51
- Ryan Ellis, No. 71
- Thomas Annunziata, No. 70
- Josh Williams, No. 11
- Parker Retzlaff, No. 4
- Matt DiBenedetto, No. 99
- Brennan Poole, No. 44
- Kris Wright, No. 5
- Mason Maggio, No. 53
- Brad Perez, No. 45
- Patrick Staropoli, No. 24
- Garrett Smithley, No. 14
- Kyle Sieg, No. 28
- Greg Van Alst, No. 35
- Carson Ware, No. 07
- Jeb Burton, No. 27 (did not run qualifying lap)