Allmendinger Starts on the Pole at Vegas

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LAS VEGAS, NV – RIS – A.J. Allmendinger won the NASCAR Xfinity Series pole on Friday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  Fresh off two straight wins in the series, Allmendinger is on a roll. He has back-to-back wins at Talladega Superspeedway and the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL, and he continues his hot streak with a pole in the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ return to Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a speed of 181.720 mph in qualifying.

It was his fifth pole of the year, and he sweeps the poles at Las Vegas after starting on point back in March. Allmendinger was the last car to go and beat Trevor Bayne by .013 seconds to claim the top spot. Ty Gibbs followed JGR teammate Bayne in the third spot. The JR Motorsports teammates of Noah Gragson and Sam Mayer followed to round out the top five.

Daniel Hemric clocked in sixth, while Brandon Jones followed him in seventh. Austin Hill, Sheldon Creed and Justin Allgaier completed the top 10.  Notable was Daniel Hemric clocked in sixth, while Brandon Jones followed him in seventh. Austin Hill, Sheldon Creed and Justin Allgaier completed the top 10.

There was one incident in qualifying, as Riley Herbst made a great save after spinning out on his lap.  Also, Haily Deegan made her first qualifying attempt in a Xfinity car.  She had good speed in her No. 07 Mustang, but ended up in the 20th position. 

Practice Results: ALSCO Uniforms 302 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Pos, Driver, Car, Time Behind, Laps, Delta, Best Time, Best Speed
1) Ty Gibbs, No. 54, Leader, 24, --, 30.527 sec, 176.893 mph
2) Trevor Bayne, No. 18, -0.065, 21, 0.065, 30.592, 176.517
3) John H. Nemechek, No. 26, -0.096, 24, 0.031, 30.623, 176.338
4) Riley Herbst, No. 98, -0.214, 24, 0.118, 30.741, 175.661
5) Noah Gragson, No. 9, -0.216, 28, 0.002, 30.743, 175.650
6) AJ Allmendinger, No. 16, -0.273, 21, 0.057, 30.800, 175.325
7) Sam Mayer, No. 1, -0.278, 27, 0.005, 30.805, 175.296
8) Austin Hill, No. 21, -0.311, 30, 0.033, 30.838, 175.109
9) Brandon Jones, No. 19, -0.378, 25, 0.067, 30.905, 174.729
10) Landon Cassill, No. 10, -0.424, 26, 0.046, 30.951, 174.469
11) Jeb Burton, No. 27, -0.468, 20, 0.044, 30.995, 174.222
12) Sheldon Creed, No. 2, -0.47, 24, 0.002, 30.997, 174.21
13) Jeremy Clements, No. 51, -0.475, 11, 0.005, 31.002, 174.182
14) Ryan Sieg, No. 39, -0.499, 18, 0.024, 31.026, 174.048
15) Daniel Hemric, No. 11, -0.53, 29, 0.031, 31.057, 173.874
16) Hailie Deegan, No. 07, -0.564, 28, 0.034, 31.091, 173.684
17) Nicholas Sanchez, No. 48, -0.621, 18, 0.057, 31.148, 173.366
18) Stefan Parsons, No. 45, -0.696, 20, 0.075, 31.223, 172.949
19) Mason Massey, No. 91, -0.719, 14, 0.023, 31.246, 172.822
20) Justin Allgaier, No. 7, -0.721, 18, 0.002, 31.248, 172.811
21) JJ Yeley, No. 66, -0.77, 13, 0.049, 31.297, 172.540
22) Kris Wright, No. 68, -0.805, 23, 0.035, 31.332, 172.348
23) CJ Mclaughlin, No. 38, -0.808, 12, 0.003, 31.335, 172.331
24) Parker Retzlaff, No. 02, -0.818, 20, 0.010, 31.345, 172.276
25) Bayley Currey, No. 4, -0.885, 15, 0.067, 31.412, 171.909
26) Rajah Caruth, No. 44, -0.888, 17, 0.003, 31.415, 171.892
27) Myatt Snider, No. 31, -0.898, 14, 0.010, 31.425, 171.838
28) Josh Berry, No. 8, -0.903, 18, 0.005, 31.43, 171.810
29) Garrett Smithley, No. 78, -0.91, 6, 0.007, 31.437, 171.772
30) Kyle Sieg, No. 28, -0.921, 10, 0.011, 31.448, 171.712
31) Anthony Alfredo, No. 23, -0.934, 16, 0.013, 31.461, 171.641
32) Kyle Weatherman, No. 34, -0.977, 15, 0.043, 31.504, 171.407
33) Ryan Vargas, No. 6, -1.059, 14, 0.082, 31.586, 170.962
34) Jeffrey Earnhardt, No. 35, -1.197, 19, 0.138, 31.724, 170.218
35) Josh Williams, No. 36, -1.211, 16, 0.014, 31.738, 170.143
36) David Starr, No. 08, -1.329, 10, 0.118, 31.856, 169.513
37) Matt Mills, No. 5, -1.39, 9, 0.061, 31.917, 169.189
38) Matt Jaskol, No. 13, -1.557, 11, 0.167, 32.084, 168.308

Qualifying Results: ALSCO Uniforms 302 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Pos, Driver, Car, Gap, Best Time, Best Speed
1) 
AJ Allmendinger, No. 16, Leader, 29.716, 181.72
2) 
Trevor Bayne, No. 18, -0.013, 29.729, 181.641
3) 
Ty Gibbs, No. 54, -0.084, 29.8, 181.208
4) 
Noah Gragson, No. 9, -0.199, 29.915, 180.511
5) 
Sam Mayer, No. 1, -0.205, 29.921, 180.475
6) 
Daniel Hemric, No. 11, -0.312, 30.028, 179.832
7) 
Brandon Jones, No. 19, -0.319, 30.035, 179.79
8) 
Austin Hill, No. 21, -0.397, 30.113, 179.325
9) 
Sheldon Creed, No. 2, -0.414, 30.13, 179.223
10) 
Justin Allgaier, No. 7, -0.44, 30.156, 179.069
11) 
John H. Nemechek, No. 26, -0.453, 30.169, 178.992
12) 
Josh Berry, No. 8, -0.563, 30.279, 178.341
13) 
Ryan Sieg, No. 39, -0.567, 30.283, 178.318
14) 
Jeremy Clements, No. 51, -0.605, 30.321, 178.094
15) 
Landon Cassill, No. 10, -0.727, 30.443, 177.381
16) 
Jeb Burton, No. 27, -0.734, 30.45, 177.34
17) 
Stefan Parsons, No. 45, -0.734, 30.45, 177.34
18) 
Rajah Caruth, No. 44, -0.776, 30.492, 177.096
19) 
JJ Yeley, No. 66, -0.876, 30.592, 176.517
20) 
Hailie Deegan, No. 07, -0.94, 30.656, 176.148
21) 
Anthony Alfredo, No. 23, -0.988, 30.704, 175.873
22) 
Nicholas Sanchez, No. 48, -1.076, 30.792, 175.37
23) 
Myatt Snider, No. 31, -1.17, 30.886, 174.836
24) 
Bayley Currey, No. 4, -1.205, 30.921, 174.639
25) 
Garrett Smithley, No. 78, -1.25, 30.966, 174.385
26) 
Kyle Weatherman, No. 34, -1.358, 31.074, 173.779
27) 
Parker Retzlaff, No. 02, -1.453, 31.169, 173.249
28) 
Josh Williams, No. 36, -1.521, 31.237, 172.872
29) 
Mason Massey, No. 91, -1.549, 31.265, 172.717
30) 
Matt Jaskol, No. 13, -1.729, 31.445, 171.728
31) 
Kris Wright, No. 68, -1.753, 31.469, 171.597
32) 
Jeffrey Earnhardt, No. 35, -1.912, 31.628, 170.735
33) 
Matt Mills, No. 5, -1.984, 31.7, 170.347
34) 
CJ Mclaughlin, No. 38, -2.138, 31.854, 169.523
35) 
Ryan Vargas, No. 6, -2.475, 32.191, 167.749
36) 
Riley Herbst, No. 98, --, 0, 0
37) 
David Starr, No. 08, --, 0, 0
38) 
Kyle Sieg, No. 28, --, 0, 0

Starting Lineup: ALSCO Uniforms 302 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Pos, Driver, Car, Team
1) AJ Allmendinger, No. 16, Kaulig Racing
2) Trevor Bayne, No. 18, Joe Gibbs Racing
3) Ty Gibbs, No. 54, Joe Gibbs Racing
4) Noah Gragson, No. 9, JR Motorsports
5) Sam Mayer, No. 1, JR Motorsports
6) Daniel Hemric, No. 11, Kaulig Racing
7) Brandon Jones, No. 19, Joe Gibbs Racing
8) Austin Hill, No. 21, Richard Childress Racing
9) Sheldon Creed, No. 2, Richard Childress Racing
10) Justin Allgaier, No. 7, JR Motorsports
11) John H. Nemechek, No. 26, Sam Hunt Racing
12) Josh Berry, No. 8, JR Motorsports
13) Ryan Sieg, No. 39, RSS Racing
14) Jeremy Clements, No. 51, Jeremy Clements Racing
15) Landon Cassill, No. 10, Kaulig Racing
16) Jeb Burton, No. 27, Our Motorsports
17) Stefan Parsons, No. 45, Alpha Prime Racing
18) Rajah Caruth, No. 44, Alpha Prime Racing
19) JJ Yeley, No. 66, Motorsports Business Management
20) Hailie Deegan, No. 07, SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt
21) Anthony Alfredo, No. 23, Our Motorsports
22) Nicholas Sanchez, No. 48, Big Machine Racing
23) Myatt Snider, No. 31, Jordan Anderson Racing
24) Bayley Currey, No. 4, JD Motorsports
25) Garrett Smithley, No. 78, B.J. McLeod Motorsports
26) Kyle Weatherman, No. 34, Jesse Iwuji Motorsports
27) Parker Retzlaff, No. 02, Our Motorsports
28) Josh Williams, No. 36, DGM Racing
29) Mason Massey, No. 91, DGM Racing
30) Matt Jaskol, No. 13, Motorsports Business Management
31) Kris Wright, No. 68, Brandonbilt Motorsports
32) Jeffrey Earnhardt, No. 35, Emerling Gase Motorsports
33) Matt Mills, No. 5, B.J. McLeod Motorsports
34) CJ Mclaughlin, No. 38, RSS Racing
35) Ryan Vargas, No. 6, JD Motorsports
36) Riley Herbst, No. 98, Stewart-Haas Racing
37) David Starr, No. 08, SS-GLR w/Jeff Lefcourt
38) Kyle Sieg, No. 28, RSS RacingNo.

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