Austin Hill leads all-RCR front row for Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega

LINCOLN, ALA. — Polesitter Austin Hill will share the front row with his RCR teammate in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega.

Austin Hill ran a lap 0.239 seconds faster than Sheldon Creed.

Hill now has five front-row starts in the last six races at Talladega and Daytona, including poles at Daytona in February and at Talladega last October.

Sheldon Creed qualified second and earned his first front-row start at either Talladega or Daytona. Creed has never started outside of the top 10 in an Xfinity Series race at either track.

Creed beat John Hunter Nemechek by 0.121 seconds. Nemechek’s No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing car was the only Toyota in the top 10, in third.

Brett Moffitt’s No. 25 AM Racing car was the only Ford in the top 10, in 10th. Moffitt’s lap was 0.684 seconds slower than Hill’s pole-winning lap.

On the other end, Jason White, David Starr, Mike Harmon and Jesse Iwuji did not qualify for Saturday’s race.

The full starting lineup is as follows:

1. Austin Hill
2. Sheldon Creed
3. John Hunter Nemechek
4. Parker Retzlaff
5. Jade Buford
6. Anthony Alfredo
7. Justin Allgaier
8. Jeb Burton
9. Daniel Hemric
10. Brett Moffitt
11. Chandler Smith
12. Sammy Smith
13. Ryan Truex
14. Derek Kraus
15. Riley Herbst
16. Sam Mayer
17. Brennan Poole
18. Cole Custer
19. Jeffrey Earnhardt
20. Josh Berry
21. Brandon Jones
22. Dexter Stacey
23. Josh Williams
24. Parker Chase
25. Joe Graf Jr
26. Gray Gaulding
27. Kyle Sieg
28. Caesar Bacarella
29. Garrett Smithley
30. Kaz Grala
31. Ryan Sieg
32. C.J. McLaughlin
33. Joey Gase
34. Blaine Perkins
35. Josh Bilicki
36. Ryan Ellis
37. Jeremy Clements
38. Parker Kligerman

Catch the Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Speedway, 4 p.m. ET, Saturday, April 22 (TV: FS1; Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Ch. 90). Noah Gragson and A.J. Allmendinger won the Xfinity Series races at Talladega.