Starting Lineup for the NASCAR Xfinity Race at Martinsville

John K Harrleson | NKP for Ford Racing

What a day it has been for Harrison Burton on Saturday at Martinsville Speedway. The current driver of the No. 25 AM Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse announced that he'll be the future driver of the No. 24 Sam Hunt Racing Toyota GR Supra in a press conference inside the media center at Martinsville Speedway.

Following the announcement, Burton went on to score his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series pole position.

The pole, which comes in his 107th career NASCAR Xfinity Series start, was earned on the strength of a 19.843-second (95.429 mph) lap time around the 0.526-mile paperclip.

Carson Kvapil, one of the six drivers vying for the final two spots in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship 4, will start from the outside of the front row after he narrowly missed the pole by a margin of 0.005 seconds.

While it's not a pole, Kvapil is over the moon with starting near the front of the field in what is a pivotal race for his NASCAR Xfinity Series championship hopes.

"I knew we were good in practice, end of the run. But I didn't think our fire off speed was the greatest. So, the qualifying is probably the biggest thing I was worried about. And as everyone knows, qualifying up front really helps out with getting Stage Points and everything right off the bat," Kvapil said.

Aric Almirola, Justin Allgaier, and Sheldon Creed rounded out the top-five qualifiers for Saturday's IAA and Ritchie Bros. 250 at Martinsville Speedway.

Starting Positions for the Playoff Drivers:

Carson Kvapil (2nd), Justin Allgaier (4th), Sheldon Creed (5th), Brandon Jones (11th), Sammy Smith (15th), Jesse Love (21st), Sam Mayer (24th), and Connor Zilisch (38th).

With 39 cars vying for 38 spots, one driver unfortunately failed to make the field for Saturday's race. The lone driver who will be going home is Preston Pardus, the driver of his family's No. 50 Chevrolet.

Official Starting Lineup for the NASCAR Xfinity Series IAA and Ritchie Bros. 250 at Martinsville Speedway (race 32 of 33):

Pos	Car	Driver	Lap time	Speed
1	25	Harrison Burton	19.843	95.429
2	1	Carson Kvapil (P)	19.848	95.405
3	19*	Aric Almirola	19.869	95.304
4	7*	Justin Allgaier (P)	19.896	95.223
5	00*	Sheldon Creed (P)	19.898	95.165
6	21*	Austin Hill	19.906	95.127
7	39	Ryan Sieg	19.908	95.118
8	11	Brenden Queen	19.923	95.046
9	16	Christian Eckes #	19.934	94.993
10	4	Parker Retzlaff	19.962	94.860
11	20*	Brandon Jones (P)	19.963	94.761
12	27	Jeb Burton	19.963	94.761
13	54	Taylor Gray #	19.996	94.746
14	18	Justin Bonsignore	20.008	94.642
15	8	Sammy Smith (P)	20.012	94.623
16	44	Brennan Poole	20.012	94.623
17	31	Blaine Perkins	20.026	94.557
18	48	Nick Sanchez #	20.068	94.359
19	91	Myatt Snider	20.068	94.359
20	70	Thomas Annunziata	20.076	94.322
21	2*	Jesse Love (P)	20.112	94.153
22	10	Daniel Dye #	20.115	94.139
23	17	Corey Day	20.117	94.129
24	41*	Sam Mayer (P)	20.152	93.966
25	71	Ryan Ellis	20.179	93.840
26	99	Connor Mosack (i)	20.202	93.733
27	28	Kyle Sieg	20.231	93.599
28	07	Brad Perez	20.241	93.553
29	42	Anthony Alfredo	20.243	93.543
30	26	Dean Thompson #	20.272	93.410
31	14	Garrett Smithley	20.333	93.180
32	45	Josh Williams	20.409	92.783
33	24	Patrick Staropoli	20.454	92.578
34	53	Mason Maggio	20.456	92.569
35	51	Jeremy Clements	20.469	92.511
36	35	Takuma Koga	20.512	92.317
37	32	Austin Green	20.558	92.110
38	88*	Connor Zilisch (P)	0.000	0.000
DNQ	50	Preston Pardus	20.454	92.506

(P) indicates NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff driver
* indicates NASCAR Xfinity Series Owner's Championship Playoff car
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
(i) indicates a driver ineligible to score points