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NASCAR Xfinity Series Focused Health 250: Qualifying, Sheldon Creed’s Pole Position, Lineup At EchoPark Speedway

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
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NASCAR Xfinity Series Focused Health 250: Qualifying, Sheldon Creed’s Pole Position, Lineup At EchoPark Speedway

With a lightning strike prematurely ending the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ qualifying session, driver Sheldon Creed earned the pole position for Saturday night’s Focused Health 250 at EchoPark Speedway, formerly known as Atlanta Motor Speedway. 

Earning his first pole of 2025, Creed clocked a hot qualifying lap of 32.107 seconds, edging Austin Hill by 0.071 seconds. Hill has compiled five wins at the 1.54-mile oval track. 

Friday’s scheduled two-round event was cut short after one lap. 

“I’m extremely proud,” Creed told CW. “It’s exciting.”

Starting Lineup for NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Focused Health 250   

Here is a look at the lineup for Saturday night’s NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Focused Health 250 at EchoPark Speedway: 

Starting Position, Driver, Car No. 

  • 1, Sheldon Creed, No. 00  
  • 2, Austin Hill, No. 21  
  • 3, Sam Mayer, No. 41  
  • 4, Brandon Jones, No. 20  
  • 5, Jesse Love, No. 2  
  • 6, Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Chevrolet 
  • 7, Taylor Gray, No. 54  
  • 8, CJ McLaughlin, No. 91  
  • 9, Harrison Burton, No. 25  
  • 10, Aric Almirola, No. 19  
  • 11, Nick Sanchez, No. 48  
  • 12, William Sawalich, No. 18  
  • 13, Ryan Sieg, No. 39  
  • 14, Sammy Smith, No. 8  
  • 15, Blaine Perkins, No. 31  
  • 16, Justin Allgaier, No. 7  
  • 17, Christian Eckes, No. 30  
  • 18, Parker Retzlaff, No. 4  
  • 19, Leland Honeyman, No. 70  
  • 20, Patrick Staropoli, No. 24  
  • 21, Kyle Sieg, No. 28  
  • 22, Daniel Dye, No. 10  
  • 23, Katherine Legge, No. 32  
  • 24, Carson Kvapil, No. 1  
  • 25, Anthony Alfredo, No. 42  
  • 26, Jeremy Clements, No. 51 
  • 27, Jeb Burton, No. 27  
  • 28, Ryan Ellis, No. 71 
  • 29, Dean Thompson, No. 26 
  • 30, Josh Williams, No. 11 
  • 31, Kris Wright, No. 5 
  • 32, Brennan Poole, No. 44 
  • 33, Matt DiBenedetto, No. 99 
  • 34, Joey Gase, No. 35 
  • 35, Nick Leitz, No. 07 
  • 36, Garrett Smithley, No. 14 
  • 37, Mason Massey, No. 45 
  • 38, Mason Maggio, No. 53

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry, in both print and digital media. He joined the Sportscasting team in 2021 following a decade of freelancing. He spent his early career as a reporter for various newspapers in Illinois, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan, with a particular emphasis as a beat reporter for the Chicago Blackhawks. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University. Over the course of his career he earned several sports writing awards, including two national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing and news reporting. One of the five prized columns included a commentary on NASCAR's increasing corporate influences, particularly in northern racetracks — commentary which you might find Jeff building on as part of the Motorsports writing team at Sportscasting now.  
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