Starting Lineup: NASCAR Xfinity Focused Health 250 at Atlanta
Sheldon Creed picked up the pole position after a lightning strike ended NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying at EchoPark Speedway after only one of the scheduled two rounds were completed. By virtue of posting the fastest lap in the opening round, Creed took the pole position by 0.071 seconds over Austin Hill.
Creed's pole-winning run was thanks to a 32.107-second (172.673 mph) lap time in the session.
Sam Mayer, Brandon Jones, Jesse Love, Connor Zilisch, Taylor Gray, CJ McLaughlin, Harrison Burton, and Aric Almirola will comprise the remainder of the top-10 starters in Friday night's race at Atlanta.
Here is the official starting lineup for Friday night's NASCAR Xfinity Series Focused Health 250 at EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta. Race 17 of 33.
Pos | Car | Driver | Lap Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | 32.107 | 172.673 |
2 | 21 | Austin Hill | 32.178 | 172.292 |
3 | 41 | Sam Mayer | 32.190 | 172.227 |
4 | 20 | Brandon Jones | 32.218 | 172.078 |
5 | 2 | Jesse Love | 32.228 | 172.024 |
6 | 88 | Connor Zilisch # | 32.269 | 171.806 |
7 | 54 | Taylor Gray # | 32.270 | 171.800 |
8 | 91 | CJ McLaughlin | 32.270 | 171.800 |
9 | 25 | Harrison Burton | 32.303 | 171.625 |
10 | 19 | Aric Almirola | 32.310 | 171.588 |
11 | 48 | Nick Sanchez # | 32.322 | 171.524 |
12 | 18 | William Sawalich # | 32.369 | 171.275 |
13 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | 32.376 | 171.238 |
14 | 8 | Sammy Smith | 32.422 | 170.995 |
15 | 31 | Blaine Perkins | 32.429 | 170.958 |
16 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | 32.447 | 170.863 |
17 | 16 | Christian Eckes # | 32.459 | 170.800 |
18 | 4 | Parker Retzlaff | 32.472 | 170.732 |
19 | 70 | Leland Honeyman | 32.479 | 170.695 |
20 | 24 | Patrick Staropoli | 32.494 | 170.616 |
21 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | 32.522 | 170.469 |
22 | 10 | Daniel Dye # | 32.529 | 170.433 |
23 | 32 | Katherine Legge (i) | 32.532 | 170.417 |
24 | 1 | Carson Kvapil # | 32.534 | 170.406 |
25 | 42 | Anthony Alfredo | 32.540 | 170.375 |
26 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | 32.585 | 170.140 |
27 | 27 | Jeb Burton | 32.594 | 170.093 |
28 | 71 | Ryan Ellis | 32.595 | 170.087 |
29 | 26 | Dean Thompson # | 32.642 | 169.843 |
30 | 11 | Josh Williams | 32.652 | 169.791 |
31 | 5 | Kris Wright | 32.673 | 169.681 |
32 | 44 | Brennan Poole | 32.759 | 169.236 |
33 | 99 | Matt DiBenedetto | 32.890 | 168.562 |
34 | 35 | Joey Gase | 32.918 | 168.418 |
35 | 07 | Nick Leitz | 32.980 | 168.102 |
36 | 14 | Garrett Smithley | 33.075 | 167.619 |
37 | 45 | Mason Massey | 33.141 | 167.285 |
38 | 53 | Mason Maggio | No Time | No Time |
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
(i) indicates a driver ineligible to score points
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