Derek Kraus will start from the pole position for Friday Night’s Corn Belt 150 at Knoxville Raceway, scoring the highest number of qualifying points throughout the four 10-truck heat races held two hours before the start of the main event.
Kraus was scheduled to start shotgun on the third heat race of the evening – effectively started eighth-place after John Hunter Nemechek and Chris Windom went to the rear of the field in the heat — working his way through the pack in the heat race to finish in the runner-up position to Tyler Ankrum, scoring himself 17 qualifying points.
Tyler Ankrum, the winner of the third heat race, will start in second-place, with Todd Gilliland, Hailie Deegan and Carson Hocevar, the winner of the fourth heat, rounding out the top-five starters.
.@derek9kraus will start on the pole for tonight's #CornBelt150 at @knoxvilleraces, with @TylerAnkrum, @ToddGilliland_, @HailieDeegan and @CarsonHocevar rounding out the top-five.
Ankrum (2nd) Hocevar (5th), Strickler (8th), Berry (11th) were the four heat race winners.#NASCAR pic.twitter.com/sW6AKk1dbA
— Joseph Srigley (@joe_srigley) July 9, 2021
Johnny Sauter, Parker Price-Miller, Kyle Strickler (the winner of the second heat), Matt Crafton and Chandler Smith will round out the top-10 starters. Josh Berry, the winner of the evening’s first heat race, will start in 11th-place.
The Corn Belt 150 will commence at 9:00pm / EST, with coverage live on FOX Sports 1, MRN and SiruisXM NASCAR Radio (Ch. 90).
