Jeb Burton to Line up on Pole Position for Xfinity Series Race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Published 07/15/2021, 6:10 PM EDT

This weekend, the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity races will kick off at New Hampshire. While Kyle Busch is the Cup Series pole man, Jeb Burton will lead the Xfinity Series field. Alongside him on the front row will be Justin Haley, who is pulling double duty in the Cup Series as well.

Lining up on Row two will be Noah Gragson and championship leader Austin Cindric. Justin Allgaier will round out the Top 5 with AJ Allmendinger alongside him in sixth place. Brett Moffitt, Jeremy Clements, Sam Mayer, and Harrison Burton will complete the Top 10. Meanwhile, Ryan Sieg and Riley Herbst just missed out on a Top 10 berth.

Daniel Hemric and Christopher Bell will start behind them in 13th and 14th. They will line up ahead of Alex Labbe and Myatt Snider in 15th and 16th, respectively. Meanwhile, Tommy Joe Martins, Jade Buford, Ryan Vargas, and Josh Williams will round out the Top 20.

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How does the rest of the pack line up behind Jeb Burton?

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Just outside the Top 20 will be Josh Berry, with Brandon Brown alongside him. On Row 12 will be Brandon Jones and Patrick Emerling, ahead of Colby Howard and Jeffrey Earnhardt. Matt Mills, Jesse Little, Mason Massey, and Joe Graf Jr will make up the Top 30.

Landon Cassill and Brandon Gdovic will start the race in 31st and 32nd place on the grid. Behind them will be Jordan Anderson, Kyle Weatherman, Bayley Currey, and JJ Yeley. Finally, Dexter Bean, David Starr, CJ McLaughlin, and Spencer Boyd will prop up the rear of the NASCAR Xfinity field.

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Jeb Burton has been in decent form in the Xfinity Series and even has one win under his belt. Aside from that, he has enjoyed several Top 10 finishes this season and is currently in sixth in the standings. This obviously means that he is safe enough to qualify for the playoffs, but there are still a handful of races left for things to change, and the pole surely helps.

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Dhruv George is a senior Formula One and NASCAR analyst for EssentiallySports, having authored nearly 12000 articles spanning different sports like F1, NASCAR, Tennis, NFL, and eSports. He graduated with a PG Diploma in Journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications. Dhruv has also conducted interviews with F1 driver Pierre Gasly and Moto2 rider Tony Arbolino.