Atlanta XFinity Starting Team: Jesse Love wins pole as rcr livestock front row

Hampton, GA. – Jesse Love, who came to Daytona with his victory last weekend, won the pole for Saturday’s Nascar Xfinity Series race on Atlanta Motor Speedway.

This is Love’s third consecutive pole in Atlanta and the sixth of his XFinity career. He has been the first driver since Austin Dillon who won a pole in their first try on a track. Dillon achieved the performance on Kentucky Speedway in 2012-13.

Love won the pole with a shot of 174.724 mph Friday.

Love is joined by teammate Austin Hill, who won four of the last five races in Atlanta. Hill qualified by 174,378 mph.

Josh Williams begins third after a round of 173.684 mph. Justin Allgaier (173.652 mph) qualified fourth and Sam Mayer (173.619) completed the top five.

The XFinity race is scheduled to take the green flag at 17:10 ET on the CW network on Saturday.