Starting Lineup: 2025 NXS Mission 200 at Watkins Glen

Connor Zilisch smoked the field as he breezed to the pole position for Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Mission 200 at The Glen. Zilisch turned a fast lap time of 70.884 seconds (124.429 mph) to score the pole by a margin of 0.562 seconds over Shane van Gisbergen.

Taylor Gray, a Rookie of the Year contender, will start from the third position and he’ll be followed by Sam Mayer and William Sawalich in the top-five at the start of Saturday’s race at Watkins Glen International.

Here is the official starting lineup for the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series Mission 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International, race 23 of 33.

Mission 200 at The Glen Starting Lineup

Row	Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Lap time	Diff	Speed
ROW 1	1	88	Connor Zilisch	JR Motorsports Registix Chevrolet	70.884	--	124.429
ROW 1	2	9	Shane Van Gisbergen	JR Motorsports Kubota Tractors Chevrolet	71.446	0.562	123.450
ROW 2	3	54	Taylor Gray	Joe Gibbs Racing Operation 300 Toyota	71.529	0.645	123.307
ROW 2	4	41	Sam Mayer	Haas Factory Team Audibel Ford	71.602	0.718	123.181
ROW 3	5	18	William Sawalich	Joe Gibbs Racing SoundGear Toyota	71.664	0.780	123.074
ROW 3	6	8	Sammy Smith	JR Motorsports Pilot Chevrolet	71.709	0.825	122.997
ROW 4	7	48	Nick Sanchez	Big Machine Racing Borchetta Bourbon Chevrolet	71.721	0.837	122.977
ROW 4	8	24	Kaz Grala	Sam Hunt Racing Overplay Games Toyota	71.728	0.844	122.965
ROW 5	9	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports BRANDT Chevrolet	71.762	0.878	122.906
ROW 5	10	21	Austin Hill	Richard Childress Racing Bennett Transportation Chevrolet	71.853	0.969	122.751
ROW 6	11	00	Sheldon Creed	Haas Factory Team Road Ranger Ford	71.855	0.971	122.747
ROW 6	12	11	Michael McDowell	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet	71.927	1.043	122.624
ROW 7	13	20	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing Menards / Pelonis Toyota	71.992	1.108	122.514
ROW 7	14	1	Carson Kvapil	JR Motorsports Bass Pro Shops / Clarience Chevrolet	72.076	1.192	122.371
ROW 8	15	2	Jesse Love	Richard Childress Racing Samsara Chevrolet	72.107	1.223	122.318
ROW 8	16	19	Riley Herbst	Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota	72.138	1.254	122.266
ROW 9	17	25	Harrison Burton	AM Racing AirBox Ford	72.139	1.255	122.264
ROW 9	18	32	Austin Green	Jordan Anderson Racing 3Dimensional.com Chevrolet	72.175	1.291	122.203
ROW 10	19	26	Dean Thompson	Sam Hunt Racing Thompson Pipe Group Toyota	72.296	1.412	121.998
ROW 10	20	42	Anthony Alfredo	Young's Motorsports Dude Wipes Chevrolet	72.462	1.578	121.719
ROW 11	21	10	Daniel Dye	Kaulig Racing Race to Stop Suicide Chevrolet	72.502	1.618	121.652
ROW 11	22	4	Parker Retzlaff	Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet	72.505	1.621	121.647
ROW 12	23	27	Jeb Burton	Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito.com Chevrolet	72.547	1.663	121.576
ROW 12	24	99	Matt DiBenedetto	Viking Motorsports Chevrolet	72.552	1.668	121.568
ROW 13	25	70	Thomas Annunziata	Cope Family Racing Bayshore Mortgage Chevrolet	72.625	1.741	121.446
ROW 13	26	45	Stefan Parsons	Alpha Prime Racing Mongoose Power Solutions Chevrolet	72.654	1.770	121.397
ROW 14	27	91	Josh Bilicki	DGM Racing Chevrolet	72.677	1.793	121.359
ROW 14	28	28	Kyle Sieg	RSS Racing Ford	72.716	1.832	121.294
ROW 15	29	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing SciAps Ford	72.719	1.835	121.289
ROW 15	30	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing All Weather Power Equipment Chevrolet	72.791	1.907	121.169
ROW 16	31	44	Brennan Poole	Alpha Prime Racing Macc / E-Z Lift Garage Doors Chevrolet	72.843	1.959	121.082
ROW 16	32	31	Blaine Perkins	Jordan Anderson Racing Warrior Health Foundation Chevrolet	73.029	2.145	120.774
ROW 17	33	71	Ryan Ellis	DGM Racing Tablo Chevrolet	73.493	2.609	120.011
ROW 17	34	07	Preston Pardus	SS-GreenLight Racing Chevrolet	73.531	2.647	119.949
ROW 18	35	35	Glen Reen	Joey Gase Motorsports Toyota	74.123	3.239	118.991
ROW 18	36	16	Christian Eckes	Kaulig Racing CELSIUS Chevrolet	0.000	--	0.000
ROW 19	37	14	Garrett Smithley	SS-GreenLight Racing Chevrolet	0.000	--	0.000
ROW 19	38	53	Austin J Hill	Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet	0.000	--	0.000