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Xfinity starting lineup at Texas: Erik Jones begins ahead of Chase challengers

Brad Keselowski starts from pole position in Saturday's Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, but the story will focus on Chase championship race contenders.

And that includes Joe Gibbs Racing drivers. Erik Jones goes off second, Daniel Suarez starts fourth with teammate Matt Tifft qualifying between them.

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Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge begins about 3:30 p.m. ET. It is the second race in the Xfinity Chase.

Suarez enters the race tied with Elliott Sadler for the points lead. Jones is fifth, the first driver out of a transfer spot.

The Xfinity Series has been off since Oct.