In the leadup to Sunday's race, the city of Homestead had been offering numerous updates concerning a wildfire in the Miami-Dade area, which is encroaching on the area around the speedway. Firefighters have continued to battle a brush fire that has burned around 24,000 acres of land, and the fire was 30% contained as of Thursday afternoon.

Qualifying for Sunday's Cup Series main event was held Saturday afternoon with three Hendrick Motorsports wheelmen - Alex Bowman (sixth), William Byron (eighth) and Kyle Larson (10th) - each claiming a top-10 starting position. Chase Elliott will roll off 16th.