NASCAR Xfinity Series: Starting lineup for Road America released, AJ Allmendinger takes pole

After Pocono 225, the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series will continue at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Motorsport journalist Bob Pockrass revealed the NASCAR Xfinity Series starting line-up for Road America 180 on his official Twitter account.

Road America 180 will be live on USA and MRN at 3 pm ET. The 20th race of the 2023 Xfinity Series season will be contested on the 4.048-miles permanent road course. A total of 38 Xfinity drivers will compete over 45 laps, resulting in a 182-mile race to secure a chance at driving down Victory Lane.

In Friday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying race (July 28), Kaulig Racing driver AJ Allmendinger won his second pole of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series season after posting a lap with a time of 1:10.574 and a speed of 111.606 mph. It marked his 10th pole of his Xfinity career. Cole Custer will share the front row with Allmendinger after turning a lap of 111.352 mph.

They will be followed by Justin Allgaier, Riley Herbst, and Sam Mayer rounding out the top five. Sage Karam, Connor Mosack, John Hunter Nemechek, Kaz Grala, and Sammy Smith complete the top 10 in the starting lineup for the main event.

2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series starting line-up at Road America

Here are the starting positions of the 38-Xfinity Series car grid at the Road America:

1. #10 – AJ Allmendinger
2. #00 – Cole Custer
3. #7 – Justin Allgaier
4. #98 – Riley Herbst
5. #1 – Sam Mayer
6. #24 – Sage Karam
7. #19 – Connor Mosack
8. #20 – John Hunter Nemechek
9. #26 – Kaz Grala
10. #18 – Sammy Smith
11. #91 – Josh Bilicki
12. #2 – Sheldon Creed
13. #8 – Josh Berry
14. #21 – Austin Hill
15. #25 – Brett Moffitt
16. #16 – Chandler Smith
17. #48 – Parker Kligerman
18. #92 – Josh Williams
19. #27 – Jeb Burton
20. #31 – Parker Retzlaff
21. #44 – Brad Perez
22. #45 – Leland Honeyman
23. #78 – Anthony Alfredo
24. #07 – Katherine Legge
25. #02 – Blaine Perkins
26. #6 – Brennan Poole
27. #28 – Kyle Sieg
28. #35 – Stanton Barrett
29. #53 – Patrick Emerling
30. #66 – Dexter Stacey
31. #51 – Jeremy Clements
32. #11 – Daniel Hemric
33. #9 – Brandon Jones
34. #39 – Ryan Sieg
35. #38 – Joe Graf, Jr.
36. #43 – Ryan Ellis
37. #08 – Alex Labbe
38. #4 – Kyle Weatherman

Catch the NASCAR Xfinity Series teams and drivers at the Road America for Pocono 225 on Saturday on USA and MRN.