Starting Lineup for the NASCAR Xfinity Race at Martinsville

What a day it has been for Harrison Burton on Saturday at Martinsville Speedway. The current driver of the No. 25 AM Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse announced that he'll be the future driver of the No. 24 Sam Hunt Racing Toyota GR Supra in a press conference inside the media center at Martinsville Speedway.

Following the announcement, Burton went on to score his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series pole position.

The pole, which comes in his 107th career NASCAR Xfinity Series start, was earned on the strength of a 19.843-second (95.429 mph) lap time around the 0.526-mile paperclip.

Carson Kvapil, one of the six drivers vying for the final two spots in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship 4, will start from the outside of the front row after he narrowly missed the pole by a margin of 0.005 seconds.

Aric Almirola, Justin Allgaier, and Sheldon Creed rounded out the top-five qualifiers for Saturday's IAA and Ritchie Bros. 250 at Martinsville Speedway.

Starting Positions for the Playoff Drivers:

Carson Kvapil (2nd), Justin Allgaier (4th), Sheldon Creed (5th), Brandon Jones (11th), Sammy Smith (15th), Jesse Love (21st), Sam Mayer (24th), and Connor Zilisch (38th).

With 39 cars vying for 38 spots, one driver unfortunately failed to make the field for Saturday's race. The lone driver who will be going home is Preston Pardus, the driver of his family's No. 50 Chevrolet.

Official Starting Lineup for the NASCAR Xfinity Series IAA and Ritchie Bros. 250 at Martinsville Speedway (race 32 of 33):

(P) indicates NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff driver
* indicates NASCAR Xfinity Series Owner's Championship Playoff car
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
(i) indicates a driver ineligible to score points