Xfinity starting lineup at Texas: Erik Jones begins ahead of Chase challengers

Ray Slover

Xfinity starting lineup at Texas: Erik Jones begins ahead of Chase challengers image

Brad Keselowski starts from pole position in Saturday's Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, but the story will focus on Chase championship race contenders.

And that includes Joe Gibbs Racing drivers. Erik Jones goes off second, Daniel Suarez starts fourth with teammate Matt Tifft qualifying between them.

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Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge begins about 3:30 p.m. ET. It is the second race in the Xfinity Chase.

Suarez enters the race tied with Elliott Sadler for the points lead. Jones is fifth, the first driver out of a transfer spot.

The Xfinity Series has been off since Oct. 15's race at Kansas, which was won by Kyle Busch. This is the Round of 8's second race, with the third next week at Phoenix. So no one has yet qualified for the series championship race.

Here is the starting lineup for Saturday's Xfinity race at Texas. Chase drivers in bold.

Pos. No. Driver Brand
1 22 Brad Keselowski Ford
2 20 Erik Jones Toyota
3 18 Matt Tifft Toyota
4 19 Daniel Suarez Toyota
5 42 Kyle Larson Chevy
6 7 Justin Allgaier Chevy
7 2 Austin Dillon Chevy
8 1 Elliott Sadler Chevy
9 88 Kevin Harvick Chevy
10 48 Brennan Poole Chevy
11 33 Brandon Jones Chevy
12 11 Blake Koch Chevy
13 16 Ryan Reed Ford
14 39 Ryan Sieg Chevy
15 4 Ross Chastain Chevy
16 62 Brendan Gaughan Chevy
17 3 Ty Dillon Chevy
18 6 Darrell Wallace Jr. Ford
19 28 Dakoda Armstrong Toyota
20 44 J.J. Yeley Toyota
21 51 Jeremy Clements Chevy
22 14 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota
23 24 Corey Lajoie Toyota
24 7 Ray Black Jr. Chevy
25 1 Ryan Preece Chevy
26 93 David Starr Chevy
27 0 Garrett Smithley Chevy
28 78 BJ McLeod Ford
29 25 Austin Theriault Chevy
30 15 Clint King Ford
31 10 Jeff Green Toyota
32 70 Dexter Stacey Chevy
33 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevy
34 52 Joey Gase Chevy
35 90 Martin Roy Chevy
36 74 Mike Harmon Chevy
37 13 Brandon Hightower Dodge
38 97 Ryan Ellis Chevy
39 40 Timmy Hill Toyota
40 77 Matt Waltz Chevy

 

Ray Slover