The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).
The first practice session was held on Friday, August 10, at 1:05 PM EST, and would last for 50 minutes.[3]Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.456 and an average speed of 187.227 miles per hour (301.313 km/h).[4]
The second and final practice session, sometimes known as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, August 10, at 3:05 PM EST, and would last for 50 minutes.[3]Dalton Sargeant of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.613 and an average speed of 186.466 miles per hour (300.088 km/h).[4]
Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 11, at 9:30 AM EST.[3] Since Michigan International Speedway is at least 1.5 miles (2.4 km), the qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13–32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1–12.[5]
John Hunter Nemechek of NEMCO Motorsports would win the pole, setting a lap of 39.121 and an average speed of 184.044 miles per hour (296.190 km/h) in the second round.[6]
Camden Murphy would be the only driver to fail to qualify.
