NASCAR Xfinity Series at Pocono Lineup 2024: Starting Order & Pole for Explore the Pocono Mountains 225

After The Loop 110, the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series has arrived at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.

Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 will be live on NBC Sports and USA Network at 3 pm ET on Saturday, July 13. The 19th race of the 2024 Xfinity Series season will be contested at the 2.5-mile-long triangle-shaped oval track.

Thirty-eight Xfinity Series drivers will compete over 90 laps in a 225-mile race to secure a chance at driving down Victory Lane.

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Who is on pole for Explore the Pocono Mountains 225?

In Saturday’s (July 13) NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying race, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Sheldon Creed won his first pole of the season with a lap time of 53.810 seconds and a speed of 167.255 mph. It marked his second career pole in the Xfinity Series.

JR Motorsports driver Brandon Jones will share the front row with Creed after registering a lap of 166.334 mph.

They will be followed by Justin Allgaier, Taylor Gray, Chandler Smith, William Byron, Ryan Sieg, Cole Custer, Sammy Smith and AJ Allmendinger in the starting lineup for the main event.

Austin Hill, the defending champion of the event qualified 11th.

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2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series starting lineup at Pocono Raceway

Here are the starting positions of the 38 NASCAR Xfinity drivers in Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 at the Pocono Raceway:

1. #18 - Sheldon Creed
2. #9 - Brandon Jones
3. #7 - Justin Allgaier
4. #19 - Taylor Gray
5. #81 - Chandler Smith
6. #17 - William Byron
7. #39 - Ryan Sieg
8. #00 - Cole Custer
9. #8 - Sammy Smith
10. #16 - AJ Allmendinger
11. #21 - Austin Hill
12. #1 - Sam Mayer
13. #31 - Parker Retzlaff
14. #15 - Josh Berry
15. #48 - Parker Kligerman
16. #5 - Anthony Alfredo
17. #27 - Jeb Burton
18. #98 - Riley Herbst
19. #2 - Jesse Love
20. #10 - Daniel Dye
21. #91 - Kyle Weatherman
22. #11 - Josh Williams
23. #38 - Matt DiBenedetto
24. #51 - Jeremy Clements
25. #26 - Corey Heim
26. #97 - Shane Van Gisbergen
27. #44 - Brennan Poole
28. #42 - Leland Honeyman
29. #92 - Josh Bilicki
30. #43 - Ryan Ellis
31. #14 - Mason Massey
32. #07 - Patrick Emerling
33. #28 - Kyle Sieg
34. #20 - Ryan Truex
35. #29 - Blaine Perkins
36. #7 4- Dawson Cram
37. #4 - Thomas Annunziata
38. #35 - Stephen Mallozzi

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Catch the NASCAR Xfinity Series teams and drivers in action at Pocono Raceway for Explore the Pocono Mountains 225 today at 3 pm ET.