NXS: Suarez Wins Auto Club XFINITY Pole

By Justin Tucker

Daniel Suarez will lead the field to green today at Auto Club Speedway in the TreatMyClot.com 300.

Suarez won the pole at a speed of 40.010 Second sat 179.955 MPH. Joe Gibbs Racing would once again swept the top three starting positions as Erik Jones will start second and Kyle Busch, who is looking for his fourth consecutive win in the XFINITY Series, win will roll off from third.

Kyle Larson will start fourth followed by Elliott Sadler, Austin Dillon, Jeb Burton, Blake Koch, Brennan Poole, and Ryan Reed.

Notables include: Ryan Blaney 11th, Ty Dillon 12th, Darrell Wallace Jr. 13th, Brendan Gaughan 15th, Aric Almirola 16th, and two time series champion Kevin Harvick will start 17th.

2016 NXS TreatMyClot.com 300 Starting Lineup

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	19	Daniel Suarez	Interstate Batteries Toyota	40.01	179.955
2	20	Erik Jones #	GameStop/Nyko Toyota	40.107	179.52
3	18	Kyle Busch(i)	NOS Energy Drink Toyota	40.138	179.381
4	42	Kyle Larson(i)	ENEOS Chevrolet	40.227	178.984
5	1	Elliott Sadler	OneMain Chevrolet	40.303	178.647
6	2	Austin Dillon(i)	Rheem Chevrolet	40.342	178.474
7	43	Jeb Burton	J. Streicher Ford	40.409	178.178
8	11	Blake Koch	LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet	40.57	177.471
9	48	Brennan Poole	DC Solar Chevrolet	40.627	177.222
10	16	Ryan Reed	Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Assctn Ford	40.68	176.991
11	22	Ryan Blaney(i)	America’s Tire Ford	40.756	176.661
12	3	Ty Dillon	Bulwark/PAR Electric Chevrolet	40.97	175.738
13	6	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Ford EcoBoost Ford	40.624	177.235
14	33	Brandon Jones #	Nexteer Chevrolet	40.63	177.209
15	62	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Chevrolet	40.636	177.183
16	98	Aric Almirola(i)	Ballast Point Ford	40.637	177.178
17	88	Kevin Harvick(i)	Armour Nalley Chevrolet	40.683	176.978
18	51	Jeremy Clements	RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet	40.78	176.557
19	4	Ross Chastain	Shakey’s Pizza/K1 Speed Chevrolet	40.923	175.94
20	7	Justin Allgaier	TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet	40.987	175.665
21	28	Dakoda Armstrong	WinField Be Greater Toyota	40.999	175.614
22	93	Dylan Lupton	RSS Racing Chevrolet	41.033	175.469
23	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing Chevrolet	41.302	174.326
24	1	Ryan Preece #	Uptick Vineyards Chevrolet	41.351	174.119
25	14	JJ Yeley	Toyota	41.715	172.6
26	21	Spencer Gallagher(i)	Allegiant Chevrolet	41.748	172.463
27	0	Garrett Smithley #	teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet	41.789	172.294
28	40	Josh Wise(i)	www.A1tickets.ca Toyota	41.886	171.895
29	44	David Starr	Zachry Toyota	41.91	171.797
30	10	Matt DiBenedetto(i)	TriStar Toyota	41.937	171.686
31	52	Joey Gase	Donate Life California Chevrolet	42.076	171.119
32	24	Corey LaJoie	Youtheory Toyota	42.249	170.418
33	7	Ray Black Jr. #	Scuba Life Chevrolet	42.482	169.484
34	70	Derrike Cope	E-hydrate/Ice-Aid Chevrolet	Owner Points
35	90	Mario Gosselin	BuckedUp Apparel Chevrolet	Owner Points
36	97	Harrison Rhodes	Vroom Brands Chevrolet	Owner Points
37	78	BJ McLeod #	Batteries Plus Bulbs Ford	Owner Points
38	74	Mike Harmon	Skin and Bones Media Blasting Dodge	Owner Points
39	15	Todd Peck	X-Treme PH Ford	Owner Points
40	25	Cody Ware #	Chevrolet	Owner Points