Bowman, running in his only scheduled Xfinity Series start of the season for Hendrick Motorsports, bested second place Sheldon Creed by more than a tenth of a second in Saturday's qualifying session. Justin Allgaier, the defending series champion, will start 14th after a so-so lap in qualifying.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday for The LiUNA!, which is objectively a weird name for a NASCAR race since there's no indication how many miles or laps the race is.

The Xfinity and Cup Series will be on track Saturday at Phoenix Raceway as the 1-mile oval opens its first annual race weekend with NASCAR’s top two national series.