NASCAR starting lineup: Sam Mayer claims pole in qualifying for Drive for the Cure 250 Xfinity race

Final starting lineup: Sam Mayer claimed pole position for Saturday’s race and Justin Allgaier will join him on the front row. Devin Jones, Boris Said, Andy Lally, and Preston Pardus failed to qualify. The full starting lineup is listed below.

Group B qualifying results: Sam Mayer was the fastest driver in Group B’s first round qualifying period. Daniel Hemric, Parker Kligerman, Cole Custer, and Riley Herbst will join him in the second round.

Group A qualifying results: Justin Allgaier was the fastest driver in Group A’s first round qualifying period. Josh Berry, Sheldon Creed, Austin Hill, and Alex Labbe will join him in the second round.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series continues its 2023 playoffs this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s road course with the Drive for the Cure 250. The race is scheduled for Saturday at 3 p.m. and that will be preceded by qualifying at 10:30 a.m.

Qualifying will not air on TV this weekend. It will air on NBC Sports Live, but if you can’t access that, we’ll be providing live updates through the two rounds of qualifying until we have a pole-sitter and the starting lineup is settled.

The first round of qualifying will see the field split in half and each group gets 15 minutes to run their fastest lap. The five fastest in each group will advance to the final round where those ten drivers will run for ten minutes. The fastest in the final round claims pole position and the rest of the top ten in the starting lineup is filled out from that group.

Justin Allgaier is the favorite to win the race with +300 odds at DraftKings Sportsbook. Sam Mayer follows at +400, Cole Custer is +450, and Parker Kligerman and John H. Nemechek are each +900.

Here is the full entry list for the Drive for the Cure 250 Xfinity Series race. We’ll update it with the full starting lineup as qualifying wraps.