NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying results from Auto Club Speedway on March 17th, 2018
Tonight, the NASCAR Xfinity Series will run 150 laps around Auto Club Speedway. Ahead of the event, they’re going to set the grid.
View the NASCAR Xfinity Series starting lineup below.
Auto Club Menu: NXS
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Round 1
Dylan Lupton looped it, smacked the wall and brought out the red flag in round 1. He’ll got to a backup race car for the race.
Toward the end of the session, the track is slick. The rear ends are slipping as the track bakes in the California sun.
Joey Logano is quickest in round 1.
Round 2
Single car runs in round 2.
The short track racer, Ryan Preece just turned a significantly faster lap time in round 2 than he did in round 1. He might have been saving the tires in the first round. Or, he just learned something between rounds.
Elliott Sadler was tracking .3 tenths in the green. He lost it all at the exit of the corner. Sadler runs 4th of the five drivers who have turned a lap. Preece remains at the top of the board.
John Hunter Nemechek leads late in round 2. However, Christopher Bell is on a flying lap. Bell to the top of the board with just one car remaining.
Just short, Logano runs 2nd. Christopher Bell takes the pole for tonights event in Fontana, California.
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Auto Club Speedway
Starting Lineup
1. Christopher Bell
39.766
2. Joey Logano
39.796
3. John Hunter Nemechek
40.001
4. Cole Custer
40.015
5. Daniel Hemric
40.027
6. Justin Allgaier
40.079
7. Ryan Reed
40.083
8. Ryan Preece
40.088
9. Brandon Jones
40.163
10. Ryan Truex
40.615
11. Elliott Sadler
40.627
12. Kaz Grala
40.734
13. Ross Chastain
40.244
14. Austin Cindric
40.291
15. Spencer Gallagher
40.409
16. Tyler Reddick
40.480
17. Ryan Sieg
40.496
18. Michael Annett
40.574
19. Austin Dillon
40.625
20. Matt Tifft
40.631
21. Alex Labbe
40.899
22. Jeremy Clements
40.929
23. Joey Gase
41.081
24. JJ Yaley
41.100
25. Garrett Smithley
41.162
26. BJ McLeod
41.188
27. Josh Williams
41.656
28. Chad Finchum
41.745
29. Spencer Boyd
41.751
30. Matt Mills
41.812
31. Tommy Joe Martins
41.882
32. Jeff Green
42.476
33. Morgan Shepherd
42.808
34. Vinnie Miller
42.868
35. Timmy Hill
43.069
36. David Starr
43.232
37. Stephen Leicht
43.328
38. Josh Bilicki
43.868
39. Mike Harmon
43.972
40. Dylan Lupton
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