It’s Busch’s car, however, that will start from pole position in Saturday’s Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega. Matt Tifft will drive the No. 18 in the 3:19 p.m. ET. Teammates Daniel Suarez will start second and Erik Jones rolls out fourth.
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Matt Tifft (Getty Images)
The interlopers in the top five: brothers Austin and Ty Dillon. Sprint Cup driver Joey Logano starts eighth.
Tifft, 19, will drive 13 Xfinity races for Gibbs this season. He also drives for JGL Racing in its No. 24 car. Between races, Tifft is a college student, taking business management classes.
Here is the starting lineup for Saturday’s Xfinity Series race.
Saturday also saw qualifying for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race. The Geico 500 starts after 1 p.m. ET Sunday, but rain could threaten the race.
