NASCAR: Allmendinger wins pole for Xfinity race in Vegas
Kaulig Racing driver A.J. Allmendinger won the pole position for Saturday’s Alsco Uniforms 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas, his No. 16 Toyota just edging JR Motorsports’ Josh Berry.
The two drivers were the 2021 race winners at the track – with Allmendinger picking up his first win at the 1.5-miler last March. Las Vegas natives Riley Herbst and Noah Gragson will start third and fourth with Kaulig driver Landon Cassill fifth best in qualifying.
“It was a little bit unexpected,’’ Allmendinger said, crediting his teammate Cassill with showing that good pace in the cars during an earlier qualifying run.
“Kind of shocked looking at the lap time how quick it was,’’ he added with a smile.
Qualifying Results
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Action Industries Chevrolet | 29.318 | 184.187 |
| 2 | 8 | Josh Berry | Tire Pros Chevrolet | 29.508 | 183.001 |
| 3 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Circa Sports Ford | 29.55 | 182.741 |
| 4 | 9 | Noah Gragson | Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet | 29.619 | 182.315 |
| 5 | 10 | Landon Cassill | StormX Chevrolet | 29.645 | 182.156 |
| 6 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | South Point Chevrolet | 29.648 | 182.137 |
| 7 | 18 | Ryan Truex | Toyota Accessories Toyota | 29.726 | 181.659 |
| 8 | 2 | Sheldon Creed # | Whelen Chevrolet | 29.769 | 181.397 |
| 9 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet | 29.891 | 180.656 |
| 10 | 26 | John Hunter Nemechek(i) | Berry’s Bullets Toyota | 29.901 | 180.596 |
| 11 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Monster Energy Toyota | 30.016 | 179.904 |
| 12 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | First Pacific Funding Chevrolet | 30.022 | 179.868 |
| 13 | 2 | Brett Moffitt | Half Off Wholesale Chevrolet | 30.144 | 179.14 |
| 14 | 48 | Jade Buford | Big Machine Spiked Coolers Chevrolet | 30.181 | 178.921 |
| 15 | 21 | Austin Hill # | Bennett Transportation and Logistics Chevrolet | 30.233 | 178.613 |
| 16 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | BRANDT Chevrolet | 30.281 | 178.33 |
| 17 | 36 | Alex Labbe | Southwest Site Services Chevrolet | 30.298 | 178.23 |
| 18 | 68 | Brandon Brown | TradeTheChain.com Chevrolet | 30.305 | 178.188 |
| 19 | 5 | Matt Mills | J.F. Electric Chevrolet | 30.326 | 178.065 |
| 20 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | CMRoofing.com/A-Game Ford | 30.334 | 178.018 |
| 21 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Menards/Barracuda Pumps Toyota | 30.393 | 177.672 |
| 22 | 7 | Joe Graf Jr. | Bucked Up LFG BURN Ford | 30.42 | 177.515 |
| 23 | 45 | Kaz Grala(i) | Lilly Finance/Ruedebusch Chevrolet | 30.42 | 177.515 |
| 24 | 38 | Kyle Sieg # | TopPool.com Ford | 30.518 | 176.945 |
| 25 | 23 | Anthony Alfredo | Dude Wipes Chevrolet | 30.528 | 176.887 |
| 26 | 92 | Kyle Weatherman | PORAC Chevrolet | 30.55 | 176.759 |
| 27 | 4 | Bayley Currey | KSDT CPA Chevrolet | 30.583 | 176.569 |
| 28 | 6 | Ryan Vargas | Swann Security Chevrolet | 30.628 | 176.309 |
| 29 | 99 | Stefan Parsons | SOKAL Chevrolet | 30.658 | 176.137 |
| 30 | 66 | JJ Yeley | Hex.com Ford | 30.72 | 175.781 |
| 31 | 28 | CJ McLaughlin | Sci Aps Ford | 30.754 | 175.587 |
| 32 | 91 | Mason Massey | BRUNT Workwear Chevrolet | 30.755 | 175.581 |
| 33 | 47 | Brennan Poole | Lerner & Rowe Injury Lawyers Chevrolet | 30.901 | 174.752 |
| 34 | 31 | Myatt Snider | TaxSlayer Chevrolet | 31.036 | 173.991 |
| 35 | 44 | Ryan Ellis | Four Loko USA Chevrolet | 31.336 | 172.326 |
| 36 | 35 | Joey Gase | Nevada Donor Network Toyota | 31.921 | 169.168 |
| 37 | 34 | Jesse Iwuji # | Chevy Truck Month Chevrolet | 36.596 | 147.557 |
| 38 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Alsco Uniforms Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |