Starting Lineup: NASCAR Xfinity Series BetMGM 300 at Charlotte

Taylor Gray took the pole position for Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series event at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a lap time of 30.598 seconds (176.482 mph) around the 1.5-mile speedway. This is the second career pole position for the Joe Gibbs Racing Rookie of the Year contender.
Connor Zilisch, Austin Hill, William Byron, and Brandon Jones made up the remainder of the top-five qualifiers for Saturday's race.
Here is the official starting lineup for Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series BetMGM 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Race 13 of 33.
Pos | Car | Driver | Lap time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 54 | Taylor Gray # | 30.598 | 176.482 |
2 | 88 | Connor Zilisch # | 30.627 | 176.315 |
3 | 21 | Austin Hill | 30.648 | 176.194 |
4 | 17 | William Byron (i) | 30.652 | 176.171 |
5 | 20 | Brandon Jones | 30.750 | 175.610 |
6 | 18 | William Sawalich | 30.825 | 175.182 |
7 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | 30.852 | 175.029 |
8 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | 30.852 | 175.029 |
9 | 19 | Chase Briscoe (i) | 30.881 | 174.865 |
10 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | 30.882 | 174.859 |
11 | 41 | Sam Mayer | 30.919 | 174.650 |
12 | 1 | Carson Kvapil # | 30.920 | 174.644 |
13 | 8 | Sammy Smith | 30.951 | 174.469 |
14 | 27 | Jeb Burton | 30.954 | 174.452 |
15 | 16 | Christian Eckes # | 30.970 | 174.362 |
16 | 99 | Matt DiBenedetto | 30.980 | 174.306 |
17 | 42 | Anthony Alfredo | 30.983 | 174.289 |
18 | 48 | Nick Sanchez # | 31.040 | 173.969 |
19 | 2 | Jesse Love | 31.118 | 173.533 |
20 | 3 | Austin Dillon (i) | 31.182 | 173.177 |
21 | 31 | Blaine Perkins | 31.229 | 172.916 |
22 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | 31.246 | 172.811 |
23 | 26 | Dean Thompson # | 31.301 | 172.518 |
24 | 10 | Daniel Dye # | 31.384 | 172.062 |
25 | 25 | Harrison Burton | 31.426 | 171.832 |
26 | 44 | Brennan Poole | 31.472 | 171.581 |
27 | 11 | Josh Williams | 31.558 | 171.114 |
28 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | 31.594 | 170.919 |
29 | 53 | JJ Yeley | 31.623 | 170.762 |
30 | 71 | Ryan Ellis | 31.668 | 170.519 |
31 | 70 | Leland Honeyman | 31.668 | 170.519 |
32 | 32 | Katherine Legge (i) | 31.708 | 170.304 |
33 | 5 | Kris Wright (OP) | 31.755 | 170.052 |
34 | 4 | Parker Retzlaff (OP) | 31.850 | 169.545 |
35 | 14 | Garrett Smithley (OP) | 31.952 | 169.004 |
36 | 45 | Brad Perez (OP) | 31.953 | 168.998 |
37 | 07 | Nick Leitz (OP) | 32.567 | 165.812 |
38 | 91 | CJ McLaughlin (OP) | 33.139 | 162.950 |
Did Not Qualify
Pos | Car | Driver | Lap time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
39 | 74 | Dawson Cram (DNQ) | 31.788 | 169.875 |
40 | 35 | Carson Ware (DNQ) | 0.000 | -- |
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
(i) indicates driver ineligible to score points
(OP) secured starting spot by way of owner points
(DNQ) indicates driver that failed to qualify for event
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