NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying order for Pocono Raceway
QUALIFYING ORDER: Cup Series | Xfinity Series | Truck Series
The qualifying order below is determined via metric that combines the previous race finish by owner (70%) and current owner points position (30%).
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Saturday's qualifying session will be one lap and one round.
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# denotes series rookie
(i) denotes ineligible for driver points
POS.
CAR NO.
DRIVERS
METRIC SCORE
GROUP
1
74
Dawson Cram
42.2
1
2
35
Carson Ware
37.9
1
3
53
Logan Bearden
33.9
1
4
17
Chase Elliott(i)
33.2
1
5
44
Brennan Poole
32.9
1
6
4
Parker Retzlaff
32.3
1
7
51
Jeremy Clements
31.8
1
8
71
Ryan Ellis
31.1
1
9
91
Josh Bilicki
30.3
1
10
28
Kyle Sieg
28.6
1
11
45
Mason Massey
28.4
1
12
14
Garrett Smithley
27.3
1
13
31
Blaine Perkins
27.3
1
14
48
Nick Sanchez #
26.5
1
15
70
Leland Honeyman Jr.
25.0
1
16
39
Ryan Sieg
24.5
1
17
7
Justin Allgaier
24.1
1
18
5
Kris Wright
21.8
1
19
42
Anthony Alfredo
21.6
1
20
20
Brandon Jones
20.5
2
21
11
Josh Williams
20.0
2
22
99
Matt DiBenedetto
18.7
2
23
07
Patrick Emerling(i)
18.6
2
24
41
Sam Mayer
17.0
2
25
1
Carson Kvapil
16.0
2
26
10
Daniel Dye
14.2
2
27
2
Jesse Love
14.1
2
28
26
Dean Thompson
13.8
2
29
19
Justin Bonsignore
12.2
2
30
18
William Sawalich #
11.4
2
31
25
Harrison Burton
9.9
2
32
00
Sheldon Creed
9.8
2
33
27
Jeb Burton
8.9
2
34
8
Sammy Smith
8.8
2
35
16
Christian Eckes #
8.5
2
36
54
Taylor Gray #
5.3
2
37
88
Connor Zilisch #
4.7
2
38
21
Austin Hill
2.7
2
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