He may not have made the playoffs in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, but Erik Jones is bad fast in the XFINITY Series this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway.
Jones won the pole for today’s The House 300 after laying down a fast lap of 177.229 mph (30.469 seconds) around the 1.5-mile Joliet tri-oval. The pole was his 13th of his NXS career, but first of this season.
A cool mullet and a #CoorsLightPole to boot.
Congratulations to @erik_jones on grabbing the top spot in qualifying! pic.twitter.com/HVeOaMbjiD
— NASCAR Xfinity (@NASCAR_Xfinity) September 16, 2017
Fellow MENCS regulars Daniel Suarez, Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney followed Jones on the speed charts, with Cole Custer completing the top five. Elliott Sadler, Matt Tifft, William Byron, Daniel Hemric and Ryan Reed round out the top 10 starters.
Blake Koch and Brennan Poole also made the final round of qualifying, and will roll off 11th and 12th, respectively. Bubble drivers Brendan Gaughan and Dakota Armstrong will start 19th and 20th. Gaughan currently holds a 25-point advantage entering the regular season finale.
The green flag for today’s The House 300 is scheduled to fly at approximately 3:45 p.m. ET with television coverage on NBC. Kyle Busch is the defending winner of the event.
Click here for full qualifying results from Chicagoland Speedway
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