The NASCAR Xfinity Series will make its second trip of 2024 to Daytona International Speedway with 38 teams slated to compete, so every team entered will qualify.
AM Racing will continue its recent revolving door of drivers in the No. 15 Ford, announcing today that Gus Dean will make his Xfinity Series debut with the team this weekend.
Joe Graf Jr. will make his second NXS start of 2024 and eighth overall in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19, placing 17th in his first start of the year at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Ryan Truex will be Graf’s teammate in the No. 20 JGR Toyota, his first start with the team since Pocono Raceway. Truex has one win in the No. 20 this season, taking the checkered flag at Dover Motor Speedway.
Jeffrey Earnhardt will make his second start in a row and fourth overall of 2024 for Sam Hunt Racing in their No. 26 Toyota.
Akinori Ogata is set to make his second start of the year in the No. 35 Chevrolet for Joey Gase Motorsports. Ogata, a 50-year-old driver from Japan, previously placed 38th at Martinsville Speedway and failed to qualify at Charlotte Motor Speedway for JGM.
Mike Harmon Racing has yet to announce its driver in the No. 74 Chevrolet for this weekend.
Xfinity Daytona Entry List
The 2024 Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola will take place this Friday, Aug. 23 at 7:30 p.m. The race will be broadcasted on the USA Network.
Andrew Stoddard joined Frontstretch in May of 2022 as an iRacing contributor. He is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College, the University of Richmond, and VCU. He works as an athletic communications specialist at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va.