In a car that is normally occupied by Denny Hamlin at Darlington would instead have teammate Chrisopher Bell in the seat starting right up front taking the pole with a time of 29.828 seconds at 164.865 mph over Sheldon Creed’s time of 29.925 seconds at 29.925.
Sam Mayer would take the third spot followed by AJ Allmendinger who will vacate the seat and move back to the Cup Series in 2025 with Chandler Smith rounding out the top-five.
Both Chase Elliott and Joey Logano join the field today starting from the 16th and 18th spot.
In his second Xfinity Series start and first at Darlington, Greg Van Alst will start in the 38th spot.
The only car going home would be the No. 74 of Dawson Cram.
Today’s Sports Clips VFW Help A Hero 200 is scheduled to roll just after 3:30 p.m. ET on USA Network with stages ending on laps 45, 90 and 147.
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