Alex Tagliani (photo - NASCAR via Getty Images)Tagliani on Top for XFINITY Series Qualifying at Road Atlanta August 27, 2016 NASCAR click for complete starting lineup ELKHART LAKE, WI – Alex Tagliani won the Coors Light Pole Award Friday for Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Road Atlanta. Tagliani lapped the 4.05-mile road course at an average speed of 109.866 mph to top the field and win the pole. Michael MacDowell was second fastest and Justin marks third. Owen Kelly and Daniel Suarez rounded out the top five. This is the fourth XFINITY Series pole for Tagliani, who hails from Lachenaie, Quebec. A regular competitor with the NASCAR Pinty’s Series in Canada, Tagliani is driving a car for Penske Racing at Road America this weekend. The Road America 180 Fired Up by Johnsonville gets underway at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday (NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) and marks the third road-course race in four events for the series.
