NASCAR Xfinity Series at COTA Lineup 2025: Starting Order & Pole for Focused Health 250

After an action-packed Bennett Transportation and Logistics 250, the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series has arrived at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Focused Health 250 will be live on CW at 2:30 pm ET on Saturday, March 1. The third race of the 2025 Xfinity Series season will be contested at the 2.356-mile road course.

Thirty-eight Xfinity Series drivers will compete in a 156-mile race to secure a chance at driving down Victory Lane.

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Who is on pole for Focused Health 250?

In Friday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying race, JR Motorsports driver Connor Zilisch won the Focused Health 250 pole with a lap time of 97.262 seconds and a speed of 88.832 mph. This also marked his second career pole in the series. He is also doing double duty this weekend as he is set to make his Cup Series debut on Sunday, March 2.

NASCAR Cup Series regular Ross Chastain will share the front row with him after registering a lap of 88.664 mph. The pair will be followed by William Byron, Justin Allgaier, and Carson Kvapil, rounding out the top five.

Corey Heim, Taylor Gray, Sam Mayer, Riley Herbst, and Christian Eckes are in the top-10 starting lineup for the main event.

Parker Retzlaff, Brad Perez, and Thomas Annunziata are the drivers who failed to qualify for the Focused Health 250 at COTA.

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2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series starting lineup at Circuit of the Americas

Here are the starting positions of the 38 NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers in the Focused Health 250 at the Circuit of the Americas:

1. #88 - Connor Zilisch
2. #9 - Ross Chastain
3. #17 - William Byron
4. #7 - Justin Allgaier
5. #1 - Carson Kvapil
6. #24 - Corey Heim
7. #54 - Taylor Gray
8. #41 - Sam Mayer
9. #19 - Riley Herbst
10. #16 - Christian Eckes
11. #2 - Jesse Love
12. #21 - Austin Hill
13. #20 - Brandon Jones
14. #00 - Sheldon Creed
15. #10 - Daniel Dye
16. #8 - Sammy Smith
17. #42 - Anthony Alfredo
18. #31 - Blaine Perkins
19. #48 - Nick Sanchez
20. #32 - Austin Green
21. #11 - Josh Williams
22. #99 - Matt DiBenedetto
23. #18 - William Sawalich
24. #14 - Carson Hocevar
25. #50 - Preston Pardus
26. #91 - Josh Bilicki
27. #07 - Alex Labbe
28. #53 - Sage Karam
29. #27 - Jeb Burton
30. #26 - Dean Thompson
31. #25 - Harrison Burton
32. #44 - Brennan Poole
33. #5 - Kris Wright
34. #71 - Ryan Ellis
35. #51 - Jeremy Clements
36. #28 - Kyle Sieg
37. #35 - Baltazar Leguizamon
38. #39 - Ryan Sieg

Catch the Xfinity Series teams and drivers in action at Circuit of the Americas today at 2:30 p.m. ET. The radio coverage will be available on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.