SVG claims NASCAR Xfinity pole at Sonoma
SONOMA, Calif. — Shane van Gisbergen claimed the pole for the NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday at Sonoma Raceway.
SVG and Connor Zilisch will start a rematch of their Chicago finish in 1-2. SVG averaged 95.191 mph in his lap around the 1.99-mile road course. Zilisch ran a lap averaging 94.884 mph, just missing out on the pole.
Zilisch paced practice with a lap averaging 95.176 MPH.
Shane van Gisbergen, Connor Zilisch, Sam Mayer, Jesse Love, William Sawalich, Sammy Smith, Carson Kvapil, Brandon Jones, Sheldon Creed and Justin Allgaier are the top 10 starters. Taylor Gray qualified 11th but will reportedly go to the rear of the field.
Notable qualifiers:
- Blaine Perkins: 12th
- Anthony Alfredo: 13th
- Corey Day: 14th
- Alex Labbe: 20th
- Connor Mosack: 22nd
NASCAR Xfinity Series at Sonoma Lineup
- Shane van Gisbergen
- Connor Zilisch
- Sam Mayer
- Jesse Love
- William Sawalich
- Sammy Smith
- Carson Kvapil
- Brandon Jones
- Sheldon Creed
- Justin Allgaier
- Taylor Gray
- Blaine Perkins
- Anthony Alfredo
- Corey Day
- Riley Herbst
- Austin Hill
- Jeb Burton
- Josh Williams
- Harrison Burton
- Alex Labbe
- Christian Eckes
- Connor Mosack
- Nick Sanchez
- Matt DiBenedetto
- Josh Bilicki
- Sage Karam
- Ryan Ellis
- Kris Wright
- Ryan Sieg
- Jeremy Clements
- Daniel Dye
- Brennan Poole
- Austin Green
- Parker Retzlaff
- Dean Thompson
- Will Rodgers
- Kyle Sieg
- Brad Perez
DNQ: Austin J. Hill
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