By Don Donohue

Austin Hill of Richard Childress Racing will start on the pole for Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway after rain in the Fort Worth area, canceled Friday’s practice and qualifying sessions.

The starting lineup was set by the NASCAR metric, which is based upon 70% off the previous race finish by the car owner and 30% by the owner’s points position in the standings.

Hill is joined on the front row by Justin Allgaier. Jesse Love third, Jeb Burton fourth and Harrison Burton fifth.

Making news for this race is that Kyle Larson, driving in place of injured Connor Zilisch. He will start 20th in the field which has 38 cars. Zilisch is sitting out this weekend as he recovers from a lower back injury suffered in a last-lap crash last weekend at Talladega.

The race is scheduled to start at 2:05 p.m. ET on the CW Network.

2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series starting lineup at Texas Motor Speedway

1. #21 – Austin Hill
2. #7 – Justin Allgaier
3. #2 – Jesse Love
4. #27 – Jeb Burton
5. #25 – Harrison Burton
6. #00 – Sheldon Creed
7. #41 – Sam Mayer
8. #99 – Matt DiBenedetto
9. #10 – Daniel Dye
10. #42 – Anthony Alfredo
11. #31 – Blaine Perkins
12. #54 – Taylor Gray
13. #1 – Carson Kvapil
14. #48 – Nick Sanchez
15. #07 – Nick Leitz
16. #26 – Dean Thompson
17. #70 – Leland Honeyman
18. #44 – Brennan Poole
19. #71 – Ryan Ellis
20. #88 – Kyle Larson
21. #20 – Brandon Jones
22. #8 – Sammy Smith
23. #16 – Christian Eckes
24. #91 – Josh Bilicki
25. #51 – Jeremy Clements
26. #28 – Kyle Sieg
27. #19 – Riley Herbst
28. #53 – Mason Maggio
29. #11 – Josh Williams
30. #5 – Kris Wright
31. #39 – Ryan Sieg
32. #45 – Mason Massey
33. #17 – Corey Day
34. #4 – Parker Retzlaff
35. #18 – William Sawalich
36. #32 – Katherine Legge
37. #35 – Joey Gase
38. #14 – Garrett Smithley

Catch the NASCAR Xfinity Series teams and drivers in action at Texas Motor Speedway today at 2 p.m. ET. Radio coverage will be available on PRN and SiriusXM.

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