Austin Cindric won the pole for the Xfinity race in the Team Penske No. 22 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio with a speed of 96.386 mph. He also led the first round with a speed of96.804 mph.
This is Cindric’s second career pole. His first came at Iowa Speedway in June. He finished 11th in that race.
Cindric beat Elliott Sadler (95.792 mph) by more than half a second (.523).
Brandon Jones (95.740), Cole Custer (95.596) and Matt Tifft (95.549) rounded out the top five.
Points leader Christopher Bell (95.176) qualified 10th.
Making her NASCAR debut, Katherine Legge (92.235) qualified 22nd.