Rain cancels Xfinity qualifying; Monster Energy Series qualifying moved to 5:30 p.m. ET

Rain has canceled Friday's NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying at Daytona International Speedway. The lineup will be set by owners points and that will place Ryan Preece on the pole position in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Clouds rolled in mid-afternoon, bringing a summer shower that drenched the 2.5-mile track Friday and brought on-track activity to a halt. Xfinity Series qualifying had been scheduled to begin at 2:10 p.m. ET. Monster Energy Series Busch Pole Qualifying is now scheduled for 5:30 p.m. ET as track drying efforts are ongoing. RELATED: Xfinity Series lineup | LIVE UPDATES: Weather at Daytona The Xfinity Series' Coca-Cola Firecracker 250 caps off Friday's on-track schedule. (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.) Saturday's Coke Zero Sugar 400 is set for 7 p.m. ET (NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) for the Monster Energy Series. RELATED: Full schedule for Daytona | Summer winners at Daytona | Scenes from this weekend NASCAR competition officials have a full-fledged contingent of track-drying equipment on hand at the superspeedway. Leading the charge are 18 Toyota NASCAR Air Titans, 10 conventional jet dryers, two track vacuums and two Elgin sweepers.