Chase Elliott earns pole for NASCAR Xfinity race at Pocono
LONG POND, PA. — Last-minute assignment no matter, Chase Elliott earned the pole for Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Pocono Raceway.
Elliott paced the Xfinity Series field in qualifying the No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet he was assigned to drive at Pocono earlier in the week.
Behind Elliott is Brandon Jones who will start second for the second year in a row at Pocono. Jones is stellar at qualifying at the 2.5-mile track, starting no worse than seventh in the last six races with qualifying — including this year’s race.
Newcomers Nick Sanchez and William Sawalich, Ford drivers Ryan Sieg and Sam Mayer, rookie Taylor Gray, JR Motorsports drivers Justin Allgaier and Connor Zilisch and Richard Childress Racing’s Jesse Love round out the top-10 starters. Matt DiBenedetto will start 11th.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Pocono goes green Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com