BRISTOL, Tenn. - While Friday night's truck race left Kyle Larson one position short of a possible weekend tripleheader sweep at Bristol Motor Speedway, Saturday brought with it another chance at victory lane.
Larson, who finished second in Friday's NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series event, was set to run his second of three races at the 0.533-mile short track this weekend with an Xfinity Series race set for 5 on Saturday evening.
Before the race, the series held practice and qualifying sessions and Larson put the No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevy on the top of the board in the latter. His lap of 15.194 seconds earned him the pole for the evening's 300-lap event.
"It was smooth, the first lap, so it's either going to be good or not good," Larson said of his qualifying run. "Awesome pole run there for the HendrickCars.com Chevy.
"Good start. My car felt good in race trim too, see if we can keep it on front and be on top of the lanes changing and do a good job in traffic."
Larson's quick lap in practice of 15.707 seconds was good enough for fourth.
It will mark Larson's second start in the Hendrick Motorsports No. 17. He finished second at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Sunday's Cup Series main event is set to start at 3 p.m. and will air on FS1.
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NASCAR Xfinity starting lineup
- Kyle Larson, No. 17, 15.194
- Connor Zilisch, No. 88, 15.272
- Carson Kvapil, No. 1, 15.306
- Justin Allgaier, No. 7, 15.369
- Ryan Sieg, No. 39, 15.401
- Sam Mayer, No. 41, 15.402
- Nick Sanchez, No. 48, 15.41
- Sammy Smith, No. 8, 15.417
- Parker Retzlaff, No. 4, 15.418
- Harrison Burton, No. 25, 15.428
- Taylor Gray, No. 54, 15.439
- Jeb Burton, No. 27, 15.44
- Jesse Love, No. 2, 15.456
- Brandon Jones, No. 20, 15.464
- William Sawalich, No. 18, 15.465
- Corey Heim, No. 24, 15.487
- Dean Thompson, No. 26, 15.49
- Austin Hill, No. 21, 15.51
- Daniel Dye, No. 10, 15.567
- Kyle Sieg, No. 28, 15.598
- Sheldon Creed, No. 00, 15.606
- Christian Eckes, No. 16, 15.606
- Brennan Poole, No. 44, 15.679
- Jeremy Clements, No. 51, 15.616
- Matt DiBenedetto, No. 99, 15.691
- Josh Williams, No. 11, 15.709
- Justin Bonsignore, No. 19, 15.714
- Blaine Perkins, No. 31, 15.719
- Anthony Alfredo, No. 42, 15.781
- Mason Massey, No. 45, 15.799
- Kris Wright, No. 5, 15.864
- Ryan Ellis, No. 71, 15.909
- Thomas Annunziata, No. 70, 15.987
- Garrett Smithley, No. 14, 16.071
- Alex Labbe, No. 07, 16.129
- Greg Van Alst, No. 35, 16.155
- CJ McLaughlin, No. 91, 16.831
- Mason Maggio, No. 53 (did not run qualifying lap)
Did not qualify
Thomas Tomassi, No. 66
Where is NASCAR racing this weekend?
NASCAR's three touring series are all at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend
What time is the NASCAR race on today?
(All times listed in eastern time)
Saturday, April 12
2 - Cup Series practice, Prime Video
3:05 - Cup Series qualifying, Prime Video
5 - Xfinity Series race, CW
Sunday, April 13
3 p.m. - Cup Series race, FS1