Joey Logano was close behind him in second place, while Denny Hamlin sits in third.
Jones had a good first round, but it was his second where he started to find his bearings posting the fastest time on track in that round. He carried that momentum on into the final one.
“I knew we had a good car in practice, I didn’t know if we were going to have the speed to get the pole, but the track kind of came to us,” Jones told NBCSN after his run. “I figured I knew what we were going to need to do adjustment-wise and so did Chris and we were just able to get the Dewalt Camry the way it needed to be and put together a really good lap.”
Starting up front in this race is vital. The last two winners of the race (Kevin Harvick, 2018, Martin Truex Jr. 2017) have come from the front row.
Kyle Busch will start in fourth while Kevin Harvick, who won the first race of the year in Vegas, will start fifth.
Playoff drivers Brad Keselowski (13), Clint Bowyer (15), Aric Almirola (16), Jimmie Johnson (17) and Austin Dillon (18) were unable to advance past the second round.
The South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway can be seen at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN Sunday.
NASCAR starting lineup for the South Point 400
- Erik Jones2. Joey Logano3. Denny Hamlin4. Kyle Busch5. Kevin Harvick6. Ryan Blaney7. Chase Elliott8. Kurt Busch9. Alex Bowman10. Martin Truex Je.11. Kyle Larson12. Jamie McMurray13. Brad Keselowski14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.15. Clint Bowyer16. Aric Almirola17. Jimmie Johnson18. Austin Dillon19. Daniel Suarez20. Paul Menard21. William Byron22. Ryan Newman23. Trevor Bayne24. Michael McDowell25. Regan Smith26. Matt DiBenedetto27. David Ragan28. Chris Buescher29. AJ Allmendinger30. Ty Dillon31. Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr.32. Corey Lajoie33. Kyle Weatherman34. Ross Chastain35. Jeffrey Earnhardt36. JJ Yeley37. Landon Cassill38. BJ McLeod39. Timmy Hill40. Reed Sorenson
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