Sammy Smith is on the pole for Saturday's The LiUNA! NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. JR Motorsports swept the top three positions in Friday's qualifying session, with Carson Kvapil and Connor Zilisch starting 2nd and 3rd.

There will be no repeat winner in Saturday's race (defending winner John Hunter Nemechek isn't entered) in a familiar trend at Las Vegas. Austin Hill is the only active Xfinity dr

Bowman, running in his only scheduled Xfinity Series start of the season for Hendrick Motorsports, bested second place Sheldon Creed by more than a tenth of a second in Saturday's qualifying session. Justin Allgaier, the defending series champion, will start 14th after a so-so lap in qualifying.