The NASCAR Nationwide Series resumes on Friday night after two weeks off. Alex Bowman will start on the pole for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. It is Bowman’s first series pole.
Friday nights race will be 300 miles which equates to 200 laps around the 1.5 mile track located in Fort Worth, Texas. ESPN will carry the race with coverage beginning at 8:00 pm EST while the green flag will drop at 8:47 pm EST.
Currently Sam Hornish has a 28 point lead over Regan Smith in the driver standings.
Allen Bestwick, Carl Edwards and Andy Petree will all serve as announcers for the race while the pit report crew will be made up of Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch and Vince Welch. Nicole Briscoe, Rusty Wallace and Ricky Craven will offer insight from the studio.
Starting Lineup for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300
1. Alex Bowman 183.418
2. Kyle Busch
3. Austin Dillion
4. Sam Hornish Jr.
5. Brad Keselowski
6. Regan Smith
7. Kevin Harvick
8. Parker Kligerman
9. Matt Kenseth
10. Elliott Sadler
11. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
12. Kyle Larson
13. Brian Vickers
14. Justin Allgaier
15. Trevor Bayne
16. Kasey Kahne
17. Kevin Swindell
18. Mike Bliss
19. Nelson Piquet Jr.
20. Brian Scott
21. Travis Pastrana
22. Jeremy Clements
23. Chris Buescher
24. Johanna Long
25. Reed Sorenson
26. Landon Cassill
27. Joe Nemechek
28. Mike Wallace
29. Jeff Green
30. Dexter Stacy
31. Jamie Dick
32. Hal Martin
33. Josh Wise
34. Kevin Lepage
35. Blake Koch
36. Jeffery Earnhardt
37. Eric McClure
38. Robert Richardson
39. Juan Carlos Blum
40. J.J. Yeley
DNQ:
Scott Riggs, Chase Miller, Joey Gase, Jason White, Michael McDowell
