Brandon Jones won his fourth pole of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season Friday (Oct. 18) in Las Vegas with a lap of 183.430 mph.
Jones claimed his second pole since the playoffs began, backing up practice, where he topped the chart. Alongside Jones will be playoff driver and defending series champion Cole Custer. Chandler Smith will start third along with fellow playoff driver Sam Mayer alongside. Mayer’s JR Motorsports teammate Sammy Smith completes the top-five.
Justin Allgaier, Riley Herbst, Jesse Love, AJ Allmendinger and Ryan Sieg are sixth through 10th, respectively.
Austin Hill was the slowest of the playoff drivers and will roll off 17th.
Sheldon Creed was the only driver to not make a qualifying lap due to an engine issue in practice. He’ll start at the rear on Saturday.
The other 37 drivers made a qualifying lap and will race in Saturday’s Xfinity race.
The opening race of the Round of 8 for the NASCAR Xfinity Series kicks off Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET at Las Vegas on the CW.
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