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NASCAR starting lineup: Austin Hill wins pole position in qualifying for Ag-Pro 300 Xfinity Series race

We’ve got updates as qualifying settles the starting lineup for Saturday’s Ag-Pro 300 at the Talladega Superspeedway.

Chandler Smith (#16 Kaulig Racing Quick Tie Products, Inc. Chevrolet) and Chandler Smith (#16 Kaulig Racing Quick Tie Products, Inc. Chevrolet) race onto the front stretch during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Alsco Uniforms 300 on March 4, 2023, at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Qualifying results, round 2: Austin Hill had the fastest time in the second round of Xfinity qualifying to claim the pole position. Sheldon Creed will join him on the front row. The full starting lineup is at the bottom of the page.

Qualifying results, round 1: Austin Hill had the fastest time in the first round of Xfinity qualifying at Talladega. The ten fastest drivers who will advance to the second round to compete for the pole include:

  1. Austin Hill
  2. Anthony Alfredo
  3. Sheldon Creed
  4. Jeb Burton
  5. Parker Retzlaff
  6. John H. Nemechek
  7. Daniel Hemric
  8. Justin Allgaier
  9. Jade Buford
  10. Brett Moffitt

NASCAR’s Xfinity Series will head to Alabama for its next race. The Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama will play host to this weekend’s NASCAR events. The 2023 Ag-Pro 300 race will take place on Saturday, April 22 at 4 p.m. ET. The day prior, on Friday, qualifying will start at 5:35 p.m. ET. Both qualifying and the race will air on FS1.

This race will utilize the superspeedway qualifying format. All vehicles will run a single-car, single-lap qualifier. The 10 fastest drivers will advance to the final round. They will run a new single-car, single-lap qualifier. The starting lineup will be set as the fastest driver in the final round will be awarded the pole position for Saturday’s race.

Austin Hill has the best odds of winning at DraftKings Sportsbook installed at +300. He is followed by John Hunter Nemechek (+1100), Josh Berry (+1200), Parker Kligerman (+1400), Justin Allgaier (+1400) and Cole Custer (+1400) heading into qualifying.

Here is the full entry list for Saturday’s Ag-Pro 300 Xfinity Series race. We’ll update it with the full starting lineup as qualifying wraps.

2023 Ag-Pro 300 starting lineup

Pos. Driver Car #
Pos. Driver Car #
1 Austin Hill 21
2 Sheldon Creed 2
3 John H. Nemechek 20
4 Parker Retzlaff 31
5 Jade Buford 5
6 Anthony Alfredo 78
7 Justin Allgaier 7
8 Jeb Burton 27
9 Daniel Hemric 11
10 Brett Moffitt 25
11 Chandler Smith 16
12 Sammy Smith 18
13 Ryan Truex 19
14 Derek Kraus 10
15 Riley Herbst 98
16 Sam Mayer 1
17 Brennan Poole 6
18 Cole Custer 00
19 Jeffrey Earnhardt 44
20 Josh Berry 8
21 Brandon Jones 9
22 Dexter Stacey 66
23 Josh Williams 92
24 Parker Chase 24
25 Joe Graf Jr 38
26 Gray Gaulding 08
27 Kyle Sieg 28
28 Caesar Bacarella 45
29 Garrett Smithley 4
30 Kaz Grala 26
31 Ryan Sieg 39
32 C.J. McLaughlin 53
33 Joey Gase 35
34 Blaine Perkins 02
35 Jason White 13
36 Josh Bilicki 91
37 Jesse Iwuji 34
38 David Starr 07
39 Ryan Ellis 43
40 Jeremy Clements 51
41 Mike Harmon 74
42 Parker Kligerman 48