DARLINGTON, S.C. — NASCAR Cup Series regular Christopher Bell is on the pole for Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Darlington Raceway. He beat out Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Sheldon Creed with a time of 29.825 seconds (164.865 mph) as he searches for his second Xfinity win of the season.
Behind Creed, it’s Sam Mayer, A.J. Allmendinger and Chandler Smith completing the top five. Austin Hill, Brandon Jones, Riley Herbst, Parker Retzlaff and Parker Kligerman round out the top 10.
Craftsman Truck Series title contender Corey Heim will start 12th for Sam Hunt Racing, while former Cup Series champions Chase Elliott and Joey Logano start 16th and 18th, respectively.
The top two in Xfinity points — Justin Allgaier and Cole Custer — had rare missteps in qualifying. Allgaier starts 20th while Custer rolls off 21st.
Jesse Love will start 23rd, Ross Chastain 24th, Shane van Gisbergen 26th, Carson Kvapil 27th and Noah Gragson 29th.
Dawson Cram was the only driver to miss the show.
Saturday’s Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on USA Network.