Brad Keselowski wins the pole for this Sunday’s Xfinity 500

Brad Keselowski won the pole for this Sunday’s Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. This is his fifth pole of the season. He won the pole by virtue of a metric qualifying system that takes into account the drivers finishing positions from previous races, team owner points, and fastest laps of earlier races. After finishing in second place in yesterday’s race at Texas, Martin Truex Jr. will start second. This is the final race of the Round of 8 playoffs. The race will air live on Sunday, November 1st at 2 pm on NBC. Here is the rest of the starting lineup.

Row 1:

1. Brad Keselowski

2. Martin Truex, Jr.

Row 2:

1. Alex Bowman

2. Denny Hamlin

Row 3:

1. Kurt Busch

2. Kevin Harvick

Row 4:

1. Joey Logano

2. Chase Elliott

Row 5:

1. Kyle Busch

2. Ryan Blaney

Row 6:

1. Christopher Bell

2. Matt DiBenedetto

Row 7:

1. William Byron

2. Austin Dillon

Row 8:

1. Cole Custer

2. Clint Bowyer

Row 9:

1. Tyler Reddick

2. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.

Row 10:

1. Erik Jones

2. Aric Almirola

Row 11:

1. Ryan Newman

2. Ryan Preece

Row 12:

1. John Hunter Nemechek

2. Michael McDowell

Row 13:

1. Ty Dillon

2. Corey LaJoie

Row 14:

1. Jimmie Johnson

2. Chris Buescher

Row 15:

1. Daniel Suarez

2. Brennan Poole

Row 16:

1. Matt Kenseth

2. Bubba Wallace

Row 17:

1. Josh Bilicki

2. Timmy Hill

Row 18:

1. Quin Houff

2. Garrett Smithley

Row 19:

1. James Davison

2. JJ Yeley

Row 20:

1. Joey Gase

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