Official Starting Lineup: NASCAR O’Reilly Series The Progress Group 250 at Talladega

Rory Malloy | TobyChristie.com

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Jesse Love snagged his fifth consecutive NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series pole at Talladega Superspeedway, but it was a sweat on Saturday afternoon. Jake Finch, driving a part-time schedule with JR Motorsports, came within 0.002 seconds of scoring the pole, but just came up short.

For Love, the championship leader, he’ll look to extend his advantage in the Chase in Saturday’s The Progress Group 250 from the pole position.

Sam Mayer, Carson Kvapil, and Austin Hill rounded out the top-five qualifiers in the race.

With 41 cars on the entry list, three were unable to lock into the 38-car field. The three drivers heading home after qualifying are Lavar Scott, Carson Ware, and Patrick Emerling.

The Progress Group 250 Official Starting Lineup

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Lap time	Diff	Speed	Round
1	2	Jesse Love (C)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	52.435	0.000	182.626	2
2	9	Jake Finch	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	52.437	0.002	182.619	2
3	41	Sam Mayer (C)	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	52.469	0.034	182.508	2
4	1	Carson Kvapil (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	52.485	0.050	182.452	2
5	21	Austin Hill (C)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	52.491	0.056	182.431	2
6	88	Rajah Caruth (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	52.595	0.160	182.071	2
7	96	Anthony Alfredo	Viking Motorsports	Chevrolet	52.618	0.183	181.991	2
8	19	Brent Crews # (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	52.660	0.225	181.846	2
9	18	William Sawalich	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	52.704	0.269	181.694	2
10	17	Corey Day (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	0.000	--	0.000	2
11	8	Sammy Smith (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	52.778	0.343	181.439	1
12	00	Sheldon Creed (C)	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	52.785	0.350	181.415	1
13	42	Nick Leitz(i)	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	52.788	0.353	181.405	1
14	7	Justin Allgaier (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	52.824	0.389	181.281	1
15	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	52.839	0.404	181.230	1
16	20	Brandon Jones (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	52.854	0.419	181.178	1
17	54	Taylor Gray (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	52.894	0.459	181.041	1
18	4	Caesar Bacarella	Alpha Prime Racing	Chevrolet	52.903	0.468	181.011	1
19	24	Harrison Burton	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	52.927	0.492	180.928	1
20	02	Ryan Ellis	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	52.954	0.519	180.836	1
21	48	Patrick Staropoli #	Big Machine Racing	Chevrolet	53.016	0.581	180.625	1
22	92	Josh Williams	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	53.029	0.594	180.580	1
23	43	Connor Mosack(i)	SPS Racing	Chevrolet	53.032	0.597	180.570	1
24	91	Mason Maggio	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	53.045	0.610	180.526	1
25	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	53.083	0.648	180.397	1
26	99	Parker Retzlaff (C)	Viking Motorsports	Chevrolet	53.100	0.665	180.339	1
27	26	Dean Thompson	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	53.101	0.666	180.336	1
28	55	Joey Gase	Joey Gase Motorsports	Chevrolet	53.132	0.697	180.230	1
29	28	Kyle Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	53.138	0.703	180.210	1
30	53	Will Rodgers	Joey Gase Motorsports	Chevrolet	53.217	0.782	179.942	1
31	71	Leland Honeyman Jr.(i)	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	53.302	0.867	179.656	1
32	27	Jeb Burton	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	53.311	0.876	179.625	1
33	32	Daniel Dye(i)	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	53.343	0.908	179.517	1
34	44	Brennan Poole	Alpha Prime Racing	Chevrolet	53.365	0.930	179.443	1
35	07	Josh Bilicki	SS-GreenLight Racing	Chevrolet	53.488	1.053	179.031	1
36	31	Blaine Perkins	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	53.506	1.071	178.971	1
37	0	Garrett Smithley	SS-GreenLight Racing	Chevrolet	53.947	1.512	177.508	1
38	87	Lee Pulliam	Peterson Racing	Chevrolet	0.000	--	0.000	1
DNQ	45	Lavar Scott #	Alpha Prime Racing	Ford	53.317	0.882	179.605	1
DNQ	47	Carson Ware	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet	53.879	1.444	177.732	1
DNQ	38	Patrick Emerling(i)	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	54.317	1.882	176.298	1

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Toby is the Founder of TobyChristie.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Racing America. Toby is also the co-host of The Final Lap Weekly Podcast. Additionally, he is an award-winning writer, and has followed the sport as a fan since 1993.