Starting lineup for Xfinity race at Daytona | Love on the pole, Deegan, Muniz in the field

DAYTONA BEACH — Austin Hill seemed poised to claim yet another win in the Xfinity Series at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday.

Yet, his rookie teammate had other plans.

No, it wasn't a race, but Jesse Love clicked off a lap of 49.702, besting Hill by three thousandths of a second to take the pole for Saturday evening's United Rentals 300. It gave Richard Childress Racing a front-row sweep.

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The qualifying session was moved two hours from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. due to early rain and was also reduced from two rounds to one. The start time of the race was also moved up a half hour from 5 to 4:30 with weather threatening the area through Sunday night, also putting the Daytona 500 in jeopardy.

Rounding out the top five were AJ Allmendinger, Parker Kligerman and Shane van Gisbergen, the last of whom, will run his first full-time season in NASCAR this year, driving for Kaulig Racing in the Xfinity Series. The three-time Supercars champ and winner of the inaugural Chicago Street Race last year, van Gisbergen also participated in Friday night's ARCA Menards Series race but was caught up in an early crash.

Other notable driver to qualify on Saturday included Daniel Suarez (18th), Hailie Deegan (28th) and Frankie Muniz (37th).

After qualifying times and provisional positions were factored in, Stanton Barrett, Kyle Sieg, CJ McLaughlin, David Starr, Caesar Bacarella and Joey Gase were left out of the final lineup. Starr originally made the field but failed post-qualifying inspection, allowing Dawson Cram to get in.

A total of 44 cars took part in qualifying with 38 spots up for grabs.

Daytona Xfinity Series lineup for Saturday

1. Jesse Love, No. 2 Chevrolet

2. Austin Hill, No. 21 Chevrolet

3. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet

4. Parker Kligerman, No. 48 Chevrolet

5. Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Chevrolet

6. Justin Allgaier, No. 7 Chevrolet

7. Jeremy Clements, No. 51 Chevrolet

8. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 20 Toyota

9. Parker Retzlaff, No. 31 Chevrolet

10. Anthony Alfredo, No. 5 Chevrolet

11. Riley Herbst, No. 98 Ford

12. Sammy Smith, No. 8 Chevrolet

13. Patrick Emerling, No. 07 Chevrolet

14. Sheldon Creed, No. 18 Toyota

15. Sam Mayer, No. 1 Chevrolet

16. Jeb Burton, No. 27 Chevrolet

17. Cole Custer, No. 00 Ford

18. Daniel Suarez, No. 14 Chevrolet

19. Chandler Smith, No. 81 Toyota

20. Ryan Truex, No. 19 Toyota

21. Josh Williams, No. 11 Chevrolet

22. Brandon Jones, No. 9 Chevrolet

23. Garrett Smithley, No. 6 Chevrolet

24. Leland Honeyman, No. 42 Chevrolet

25. Kyle Weatherman, No. 91 Chevrolet

26. Daniel Dye, No. 10 Chevrolet

27. Josh Bilicki, No. 92 Chevrolet

28. Hailie Deegan, No. 15 Ford

29. David Starr, No. 66 Chevrolet

30. Jordan Anderson, No. 32 Chevrolet

31. Natalie Decker, No. 36 Chevrolet

32. Ryan Sieg, No. 39 Ford

33. Sage Karam, No. 26 Toyota

34. Brennan Poole, No. 44 Chevrolet

35. Dawson Cram, No. 4 Chevrolet

36. Ryan Ellis, No. 43 Chevrolet

37. Frankie Muniz, No. 35 Ford

38. B.J. McLeod, No. 78 Chevrolet

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Daytona 500 weekend: Xfinity Series qualifying results, starting grid