Ty Dillon, who also is in Sunday’s race, had the fastest qualifying speed Saturday. The Powershares QQQ 300 is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. ET. TV coverage: Fox Sports 1.

Elliott is among Sprint Cup drivers entered in Saturday’s race. The field includes Joey Logano, Austin Dillon, Kasey Kahne, Kyle Larson and Aric Almirola.

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There is no small amount of danger in this, or any race for Sprint Cup drivers. Remember, a year ago Kyle Busch was involved in a crash that left him with a broken leg and broken foot.

Busch required surgery on his injuries and missed 11 weeks of competition — including last year’s Daytona 500. He recovered and made a spectacular run through the remainder of the season to win the Sprint Cup.

Logano is the Daytona 500’s defending champion. Dillon and Larson were involved in spectacular and horrifying crashes at Daytona in recent years.

Johnny Sauter won Friday’s Trucks series race, which included a crash in which Christopher Bell’s vehicle rolled 13 times before coming to rest. Bell walked away from the crash and was released from a hospital on Saturday.

Here is the starting lineup for the first race of the 2016 Xfinity Series season. Listed by position, driver, car number, car make and qualifying speed.

  1. Ty Dillon, 3, Chevrolet, 181.844 2. Daniel Suarez, 19, Toyota 181.408 3. Bobby Labonte, 18, Toyota, 181.006 4. Austin Dillon, 2, Chevrolet, 180.934 5. Erik Jones, 20, Toyota, 180.828 6. Brendan Gaughan, 62, Chevrolet, 180.491 7. Brandon Jones, 33, Chevrolet, 180.473 8. Joey Logano, 22, Ford, 179.982 9. Blake Koch, 11, Chevrolet, 179.870 10. Elliott Sadler, 1, Chevrolet, 179.773 11. Ryan Reed, 16, Ford, 179.122 12. Darrell Wallace Jr., 6, Ford, 179.058 13. Brennan Poole, 48 , Chevrolet, 179.673 14. John Wes Townley, 05 , Chevrolet, 179.401 15. Kasey Kahne, 5, Chevrolet, 179.365 16. Justin Allgaier, 7, Chevrolet, 179.336 17. Kyle Larson, 42, Chevrolet, 179.179 18. Dakoda Armstrong, 28, Toyota, 179.169 19. Chase Elliott, 88, Chevrolet, 178.905 20. Matt Tifft, 24, Toyota, 178.884 21. Jeb Burton, 43, Ford, 178.838 22. Benny Gordon, 14, Toyota, 178.756 23. David Starr, 44, Toyota, 178.628 24. Aric Almirola, 98, Ford, 178.579 25. Ryan Sieg, 39, Chevrolet, 178.437 26. Morgan Shepherd, 89, Chevrolet, 178.356 27. Bobby Gerhart, 85, Chevrolet, 177.536 28. Joe Nemechek, 87, Chevrolet, 177.399 29. Anthony Kumpen, 46, Chevrolet, 177.350 30. Scott Lagasse, 93, Chevrolet, 177.329 31. Ryan Preece, 01, Chevrolet, 177.322 32. Ray Black Jr., 07, Chevrolet, 177.267 33. Eric McClure, 0, Chevrolet, 177.246 34. Martin Roy, 90, Chevrolet, 176.620 35. Chris Cockrum, 25, Chevrolet, 176.561 36. Ross Chastain, 4, Chevrolet, 176.187 37. Jeremy Clements, 51, Chevrolet, 175.754 38. B.J. McLeod, 78, Ford, 174.656 39. Joey Gase, 52, Chevrolet, 173.796 40. Jeff Green, 17, Dodge, 176.405