Driver nets his second XFINITY Series pole of 2015 season
Related: Full Boyd Gaming 300 lineup
Austin Dillon, driver of the No. 33 Chevrolet, won the Coors Light Pole Award for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Boyd Gaming 300 on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Dillon turned a top lap of 184.332 mph and 29.295 seconds on the 1.5-mile track in the final round of knockout qualifying. For Dillon, it was his 12th pole win in the XFINITY Series and his second this season.
Brian Scott, driver of the No. 2 Chevrolet and a Richard Childress Racing teammate of Dillon’s, finished second at 182.753 mph. Erik Jones, Ryan Blaney and Brendan Gaughan rounded out the top five on the leaderboard.
A red flag was thrown for debris in Round 1. Eric McClure‘s No. 24 was hit in the nose by a spring rubber that came out on the track, according to the team’s social media feed.
Coverage of the Boyd Gaming 300 will get underway at 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1.
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