Sheldon Creed ripped off a great lap in Saturday’s qualifying session for the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Championship Race, and as a result, he has claimed the pole for the race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The driver of the No. 00 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet stormed to the pole with a lap time of 33.578 seconds (160.820 mph).
Austin Hill, Carson Kvapil, Jesse Love, and Brent Crews rounded out the top-five fastest drivers in the qualifying session for Saturday night’s race.
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Championship Race Official Starting Lineup
| Ps | Car | Driver | Team | Make | Lap time | Diff | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 00 | Sheldon Creed (C) | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 33.578 | 0.000 | 160.820 |
| 2 | 21 | Austin Hill (C) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 33.617 | 0.039 | 160.633 |
| 3 | 1 | Carson Kvapil (C) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 33.632 | 0.054 | 160.561 |
| 4 | 2 | Jesse Love (C) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 33.649 | 0.071 | 160.480 |
| 5 | 19 | Brent Crews # (C) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 33.657 | 0.079 | 160.442 |
| 6 | 99 | Parker Retzlaff (C) | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 33.687 | 0.109 | 160.299 |
| 7 | 17 | Corey Day (C) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 33.733 | 0.155 | 160.081 |
| 8 | 20 | Brandon Jones (C) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 33.753 | 0.175 | 159.986 |
| 9 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 33.786 | 0.208 | 159.830 |
| 10 | 87 | Nick Sanchez(i) | Peterson Racing | Chevrolet | 33.787 | 0.209 | 159.825 |
| 11 | 7 | Justin Allgaier (C) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 33.814 | 0.236 | 159.697 |
| 12 | 41 | Sam Mayer (C) | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet | 33.839 | 0.261 | 159.579 |
| 13 | 88 | Rajah Caruth (C) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 33.886 | 0.308 | 159.358 |
| 14 | 8 | Sammy Smith (C) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 33.907 | 0.329 | 159.259 |
| 15 | 54 | Taylor Gray (C) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 33.914 | 0.336 | 159.226 |
| 16 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 33.935 | 0.357 | 159.128 |
| 17 | 24 | Harrison Burton | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 33.962 | 0.384 | 159.001 |
| 18 | 48 | Patrick Staropoli # | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 34.013 | 0.435 | 158.763 |
| 19 | 26 | Dean Thompson | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 34.015 | 0.437 | 158.753 |
| 20 | 96 | Anthony Alfredo | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 34.076 | 0.498 | 158.469 |
| 21 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 34.101 | 0.523 | 158.353 |
| 22 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | 34.165 | 0.587 | 158.056 |
| 23 | 32 | Andrew Patterson | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 34.192 | 0.614 | 157.932 |
| 24 | 53 | Will Rodgers | Joey Gase Motorsports | Chevrolet | 34.244 | 0.666 | 157.692 |
| 25 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 34.297 | 0.719 | 157.448 |
| 26 | 38 | JJ Yeley | RSS Racing | Ford | 34.345 | 0.767 | 157.228 |
| 27 | 42 | Brad Perez | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 34.362 | 0.784 | 157.150 |
| 28 | 31 | Blaine Perkins | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 34.390 | 0.812 | 157.022 |
| 29 | 45 | Lavar Scott # | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 34.394 | 0.816 | 157.004 |
| 30 | 91 | Mason Maggio | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 34.401 | 0.823 | 156.972 |
| 31 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing | Chevrolet | 34.456 | 0.878 | 156.722 |
| 32 | 02 | Ryan Ellis | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 34.465 | 0.887 | 156.681 |
| 33 | 50 | Preston Pardus | Pardus Racing | Chevrolet | 34.702 | 1.124 | 155.611 |
| 34 | 92 | Josh Williams | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 34.760 | 1.182 | 155.351 |
| 35 | 55 | Joey Gase | Joey Gase Motorsports | Ford | 34.775 | 1.197 | 155.284 |
| 36 | 07 | Josh Bilicki | SS-GreenLight Racing | Chevrolet | 34.832 | 1.254 | 155.030 |
| 37 | 0 | Garrett Smithley | SS-GreenLight Racing | Chevrolet | 34.862 | 1.284 | 154.896 |
| 38 | 47 | Dawson Cram | Mike Harmon Racing | Chevrolet | 34.916 | 1.338 | 154.657 |