At 16 years, 2 months, and 27 days old, Tristan McKee became the youngest polesitter in the history of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series as he claimed the pole position for Friday night’s Black’s Tire 200 at Martinsville Speedway.
The driver of the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado turned a fast lap of 19.549 seconds, which allowed him to pace Layne Riggs, a championship contender, by 0.018 seconds.
Chandler Smith will start third ahead of Ben Rhodes, and Kaden Honeycutt, the series point leader heading into the weekend.
Black’s Tire 200 Official Starting Lineup
| Pos | Truck | Driver | Team | Make | Lap time | Diff | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77 | Tristan McKee (C) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 19.549 | 0.000 | 96.864 |
| 2 | 34 | Layne Riggs (C) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 19.567 | 0.018 | 96.775 |
| 3 | 38 | Chandler Smith (C) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 19.584 | 0.035 | 96.691 |
| 4 | 99 | Ben Rhodes (C) | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 19.621 | 0.072 | 96.509 |
| 5 | 11 | Kaden Honeycutt (C) | TRICON Garage | Toyota | 19.639 | 0.090 | 96.420 |
| 6 | 88 | Ty Majeski (C) | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 19.676 | 0.127 | 96.239 |
| 7 | 91 | Christian Eckes (C) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 19.678 | 0.129 | 96.229 |
| 8 | 7 | Sammy Smith(i) (C) | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 19.729 | 0.180 | 95.981 |
| 9 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum (C) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 19.736 | 0.187 | 95.946 |
| 10 | 15 | Tanner Gray | TRICON Garage | Toyota | 19.739 | 0.190 | 95.932 |
| 11 | 17 | Giovanni Ruggiero (C) | TRICON Garage | Toyota | 19.750 | 0.201 | 95.878 |
| 12 | 45 | Landen Lewis (C) | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 19.780 | 0.231 | 95.733 |
| 13 | 44 | Andres Perez De Lara | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 19.824 | 0.275 | 95.521 |
| 14 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Toyota | 19.868 | 0.319 | 95.309 |
| 15 | 19 | Daniel Hemric (C) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 19.872 | 0.323 | 95.290 |
| 16 | 42 | Tyler Reif | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 19.872 | 0.323 | 95.290 |
| 17 | 16 | Justin Haley | Kaulig Racing | RAM | 19.888 | 0.339 | 95.213 |
| 18 | 5 | William Sawalich(i) | TRICON Garage | Toyota | 19.909 | 0.360 | 95.113 |
| 19 | 9 | Grant Enfinger (C) | CR7 Motorsports | Chevrolet | 19.913 | 0.364 | 95.094 |
| 20 | 12 | Brenden Queen # | Kaulig Racing | RAM | 19.918 | 0.369 | 95.070 |
| 21 | 4 | Conner Jones | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 19.929 | 0.380 | 95.017 |
| 22 | 13 | Cole Butcher # | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 19.952 | 0.403 | 94.908 |
| 23 | 62 | Kasey Kleyn | Halmar Friesen Racing | Toyota | 19.973 | 0.424 | 94.808 |
| 24 | 56 | Timmy Hill | Hill Motorsports | Toyota | 20.008 | 0.459 | 94.642 |
| 25 | 14 | Mini Tyrrell # | Kaulig Racing | RAM | 20.030 | 0.481 | 94.538 |
| 26 | 22 | Josh Reaume | Team Reaume | Ford | 20.069 | 0.520 | 94.354 |
| 27 | 25 | Carson Ferguson | Kaulig Racing | RAM | 20.083 | 0.534 | 94.289 |
| 28 | 81 | Kris Wright | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet | 20.147 | 0.598 | 93.989 |
| 29 | 10 | Corey LaJoie | Kaulig Racing | RAM | 20.149 | 0.600 | 93.980 |
| 30 | 33 | Frankie Muniz | Team Reaume | Ford | 20.166 | 0.617 | 93.901 |
| 31 | 76 | Spencer Boyd | Freedom Racing Enterprises | Chevrolet | 20.196 | 0.647 | 93.761 |
| 32 | 2 | Monty Tipton | Team Reaume | Ford | 20.203 | 0.654 | 93.729 |
| 33 | 90 | Justin Carroll | Terry Carroll Motorsports | Toyota | 20.494 | 0.945 | 92.398 |
| 34 | 69 | Tyler Tomassi(i) | MBM Motorsports | Ford | 20.743 | 1.194 | 91.289 |
| 35 | 1 | Gavan Boschele (C) | TRICON Garage | Toyota | 0.000 | -19.549 | 0.000 |
| 36 | 98 | Jake Garcia | ThorSport Racing | Ford | 0.000 | -19.549 | 0.000 |
