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NASCAR Nationwide Series 2013 at Texas Motor Speedway lineup: Alex Bowman wins pole position

The starting lineup for the O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge will see Alex Bowmsn and Brad Keselowski on the front row.

by Jon Benne
Robert Laberge

Alex Bowman earned the pole position for Saturday’s Nationwide O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. He won the top spot in the lineup with a qualifying race speed of 186.194 mph. It’s his second pole position of the season.

With only two races left in the Nationwide Series, things are still tight at the top of the standings. Austin Dillon leads the way with 1,067 points and will be racing from the fifth spot on Saturday. Sam Hornish, Jr. trails Dillon by just eight points and will start third.

The race begins at 3:30 p.m. ET and will be televised on ESPN2. Here’s the complete starting lineup.

Position Car Driver Qualifying speed
1 99 Alex Bowman 186.194
2 22 Brad Keselowski 185.192
3 12 Sam Hornish, Jr. 185.682
4 6 Trevor Bayne 184.919
5 3 Austin Dillon 184.685
6 54 Kyle Busch 184.622
7 16 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 184.363
8 7 Regan Smith 184.162
9 2 Brian Scott 184.062
10 33 Ty Dillon 183.786
11 5 Brad Sweet 183.399
12 44 Cole Whitt 183.181
13 18 Matt Kenseth 183.181
14 77 Parker Kligerman 182.983
15 31 Justin Allqaier 182.964
16 32 Kyle Larson 182.908
17 30 Nelson Piquet, Jr. 182.667
18 20 Denny Hamlin 182.506
19 11 Elliot Sadler 182.402
20 19 Mike Bliss 182.131
21 43 Michael Annett 182.033
22 70 Johanna Long 181.531
23 98 Kevin Swindell 180.971
24 10 Michael Mcdowell 180.192
25 55 David Starr 179.964
26 51 Jeremy Clements 179.611
27 4 London Cassill 179.414
28 87 Joe Nemechek 179.247
29 24 Ryan Ellis 178.855
30 01 Mike Wallace 178.807
31 74 Carl Long 178.347
32 42 Josh Wise 178.347
33 00 Blake Koch 177.830
34 14 Jeff Green 177.620
35 79 Bryan Silas 177.369
36 40 T.J. Bell 176.621
37 52 Joey Gase 174.921
38 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Owner Points
39 60 Travis Pastrana Owner Points
40 92 Dexter Stacey 173.952

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