Riley Herbst Dominates Xfinity Series Qualifying, Bests Field By Nearly Four Tenths at Charlotte

CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA – MAY 28: Riley Herbst, driver of the #98 Monster Energy Ford, (L) and Noah Gragson, driver of the #9 Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet, talk in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Alsco Uniforms 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 28, 2021 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Riley Herbst and Stewart-Haas Racing put down a MONSTER lap time in single-car qualifying at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday Morning, claiming the pole position for Saturday Afternoon’s Alsco Uniforms 300 by a whopping 0.377 seconds, posting a lap time of 29.35 seconds | 183.986mph.

Chase Briscoe – driving for a Stewart-Haas Racing aligned BJ McLeod Motorsports — will start in the runner-up position, with Daniel Hemric, Austin Cindric and AJ Allmendinger rounding out the top-five. Jeremy Clements, Myatt Snider, Ty Gibbs, Jeb Burton and Ty Dillon rounded out the top-10.

Joe Graf Jr, Dillon Bassett, Gray Gaulding, BJ McLeod, Bayley Currey, David Starr and Kyle Weatherman all failed to qualify for the event.

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