HAMPTON, Ga. — Sam Mayer set the tempo in each rounds of O’Reilly Auto Elements Collection qualifying and in the end claimed the highest spot for Saturday’s Bennett Transportation and Logistics 250 with a velocity of 174.318 mph in his No. 41 Haas Manufacturing facility Crew Chevy.
He outran Carson Kvapil for the pole. Kvapil will begin second in his No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevy after turning a lap at 173.875 mph.
On this race final 12 months, Mayer was swept up in a crash, relegating him to a Thirty sixth-place end. He skilled the identical destiny in final week’s O’Reilly Auto Elements Collection season opener and appears to rebound this weekend at EchoPark Speedway within the Bennett 250.
“I really feel prefer it’s going to be excellent,” Sam Mayer stated after profitable the pole. “It’s my first speedway pole—it feels actually good, very rewarding, everybody at Haas Manufacturing facility Crew did an amazing job. The pushes are rather a lot completely different with this [Chevy] nostril, and it’s one thing I needed to relearn final week at Daytona and it’s going to be even greater right here.”
Taylor Grey certified third at 173.766 mph, adopted intently by Sheldon Creed in his Haas Manufacturing facility Crew Chevy at 173.760 mph.
William Sawalich, Rajah Caruth and Gio Ruggiero rounded out positions 5 by means of seven for tomorrow’s race.
Defending winner of the Bennett Transportation and Logistics 250 and final week’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Elements Collection season-opening winner Austin Hill didn’t advance into the highest 10 qualifiers and can begin tomorrow’s occasion in twentieth place.
“We simply missed it,” Hill stated.” That’s proper within the hornets’ nest the place loads of unhealthy issues can go fallacious. So long as we will get by means of the primary handful of laps, I believe we will make our means up by means of there and if we will get inside the highest 10 fairly fast I’ll really feel very robust about our possibilities.”
