Matt Tifft wins the pole for Xfinity Series race at Road America

Tifft won the pole for Saturday’s Johnsonville 180 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Road America with an average lap speed of 109.307 mph.

"It felt really good. It's kind of cool, it's back-to-back poles. I got the pole for the Trans-Am race and then I got this," said Tifft, who finished second to Ty Majeski in Saturday morning's Trans-Am race. "Just a great job all weekend from our Richard Childress Racing team.

"I had a really good run last year in both the ARCA and Xfinity races. We've been close here so many times and this car has just been great all weekend. The Xfinity Series has such a great schedule and I love these road course races."

In last year’s race, Tifft was two laps from winning when he spun out racing for the lead with eventual winner Jeremy Clements and went off track. He ended up third.

The pole is the second of Tifft’s career and first of the 2018 season. His previous pole came in 2016 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.

Cole Custer qualified second (109.294 mph) and James Davison third (109.262 mph). Justin Marks and series points leader Christopher Bell completed the top-five.

Rounding out the Top 12 starters are Brendan Gaughan, Ryan Truex, Austin Cindric, Brandon Jones, Ryan Reed, Justin Allgaier and Daniel Hemric.

Round 1

Marks, who was fastest in Friday’s final practice session, led the way in the first round with an average lap speed of 109.672 mph.

Marks was able to edge Davison (109.666 mph) while Cindric ended up third (109.620 mph). Custer and Tifft completed the top-five.

Also advancing to the final round were Allgaier, Gaughan, Bell, Reed, Jones, Hemric and Truex.

Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, making his first NASCAR national series start since 2012, ended up 23rd-fastest.

Sports car veteran Katherine Legge, making his second series start, will line up 26th and IndyCar driver Conor Daly qualified 15th.

Take a virtual lap in a NASCAR Xfinity Series car around the Road America circuit, courtesy of NASCAR Heat 3: 

Cla	#	Driver	4506	Time	Gap	Mph
1	2	Matt Tifft	Chevrolet	133.320		109.307
2	00	Cole Custer	Ford	133.336	0.016	109.294
3	18	James Davison	Toyota	133.375	0.055	109.262
4	42	Justin Marks	Chevrolet	133.581	0.261	109.093
5	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	133.729	0.409	108.973
6	3	Brendan Gaughan	Chevrolet	133.895	0.575	108.838
7	11	Ryan Truex	Chevrolet	134.510	1.190	108.340
8	22	Austin Cindric	Ford	134.626	1.306	108.247
9	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	134.865	1.545	108.055
10	16	Ryan Reed	Ford	135.684	2.364	107.402
11	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	136.718	3.398	106.590
12	21	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	134.309	0.989	108.502
13	90	Andy Lally	Chevrolet	134.468	1.148	108.374
14	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	134.621	1.301	108.251
15	6	Conor Daly	Ford	134.682	1.362	108.202
16	4	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	134.737	1.417	108.157
17	1	Elliott Sadler	Chevrolet	135.050	1.730	107.907
18	61	Kaz Grala	Ford	135.156	1.836	107.822
19	5	Michael Annett	Chevrolet	135.748	2.428	107.352
20	39	Ryan Sieg	Chevrolet	135.909	2.589	107.225
21	60	Ty Majeski	Ford	135.965	2.645	107.181
22	38	Brian Henderson	Chevrolet	136.043	2.723	107.119
23	23	Bill Elliott	Chevrolet	136.139	2.819	107.044
24	8	Scott Heckert	Chevrolet	136.176	2.856	107.014
25	45	Josh Bilicki	Toyota	136.423	3.103	106.821
26	15	Katherine Legge	Chevrolet	136.539	3.219	106.730
27	36	Alex Labbé	Chevrolet	136.813	3.493	106.516
28	78	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	137.361	4.041	106.091
29	9	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	137.546	4.226	105.949
30	35	Joey Gase	Chevrolet	137.982	4.662	105.614
31		Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	138.108	4.788	105.517
32	52	David Starr	Chevrolet	139.016	5.696	104.828
33	13	Timmy Hill	Dodge	139.067	5.747	104.790
34	55	James French	Toyota	139.507	6.187	104.459
35	93	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	140.715	7.395	103.563
36	40	Chad Finchum	Toyota	142.311	8.991	102.401
37	76	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	143.216	9.896	101.754
38	01	Vinnie Miller	Chevrolet	146.577	13.257	99.421
39	74	Stephen Leicht	Dodge	147.215	13.895	98.990
40	66	Carl Long	Dodge	147.397	14.077	98.868