Jesse Love kept the dominant qualifying streak rolling for Richard Childress Racing at superspeedways, as he scored the pole position for Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Love, the driver of the No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet, was able to top Sam Mayer, the driver of the No. 41 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet, by 0.042 seconds to collect the pole.
Love’s pole-winning run was a 52.525-second (182.313 mph) lap time in the final round of qualifying on Friday.
Official Ag-Pro 300 Starting Lineup
| Pos | Car | Driver | Team | Lap time | Diff | Speed | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing Whelen Chevrolet | 52.525 | -- | 182.313 | 2 |
| 2 | 41 | Sam Mayer | Haas Factory Team Audibel Chevrolet | 52.567 | 0.042 | 182.168 | 2 |
| 3 | 17 | Corey Day | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 52.623 | 0.098 | 181.974 | 2 |
| 4 | 92 | Josh Williams | DGM Racing Chevrolet | 52.630 | 0.105 | 181.949 | 2 |
| 5 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | Haas Factory Team Ollie's Chevrolet | 52.631 | 0.106 | 181.946 | 2 |
| 6 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing Bennett Transportation Chevrolet | 52.652 | 0.127 | 181.873 | 2 |
| 7 | 88 | Rajah Caruth | JR Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 52.736 | 0.211 | 181.584 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 | Carson Kvapil | JR Motorsports Champion Irrigation Products Chevrolet | 52.763 | 0.238 | 181.491 | 2 |
| 9 | 96 | Anthony Alfredo | Viking Motorsports DUDE Wipes mentHOLE Chevrolet | 52.811 | 0.286 | 181.326 | 2 |
| 10 | 91 | Mason Maggio | DGM Racing Chevrolet | 52.862 | 0.337 | 181.151 | 2 |
| 11 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet | 52.819 | 0.294 | 181.298 | 1 |
| 12 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing Radius Recycling Chevrolet | 52.821 | 0.296 | 181.292 | 1 |
| 13 | 8 | Sammy Smith | JR Motorsports Arby's BBQ Chevrolet | 52.828 | 0.303 | 181.268 | 1 |
| 14 | 48 | Patrick Staropoli | Big Machine Racing Syfovre Chevrolet | 52.848 | 0.323 | 181.199 | 1 |
| 15 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet | 52.867 | 0.342 | 181.134 | 1 |
| 16 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing SoundGear Toyota | 52.888 | 0.363 | 181.062 | 1 |
| 17 | 26 | Dean Thompson | Sam Hunt Racing Thompson Pipe Group Toyota | 52.918 | 0.393 | 180.959 | 1 |
| 18 | 19 | Brent Crews | Joe Gibbs Racing Mobil 1 Toyota | 52.927 | 0.402 | 180.928 | 1 |
| 19 | 99 | Parker Retzlaff | Viking Motorsports FUNKAWAY Chevrolet | 52.934 | 0.409 | 180.905 | 1 |
| 20 | 42 | David Starr | Young's Motorsports Chevrolet | 52.939 | 0.414 | 180.887 | 1 |
| 21 | 02 | Ryan Ellis | Young's Motorsports Zeros Chevrolet | 52.956 | 0.431 | 180.829 | 1 |
| 22 | 20 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing Menards Toyota | 52.972 | 0.447 | 180.775 | 1 |
| 23 | 31 | Blaine Perkins | Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet | 53.109 | 0.584 | 180.308 | 1 |
| 24 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing Golden Corral Chevrolet | 53.115 | 0.590 | 180.288 | 1 |
| 25 | 5 | JJ Yeley | Hettinger Racing Ford | 53.119 | 0.594 | 180.274 | 1 |
| 26 | 54 | Taylor Gray | Joe Gibbs Racing Operation 300 Toyota | 53.131 | 0.606 | 180.234 | 1 |
| 27 | 38 | Patrick Emerling | RSS Racing Chevrolet | 53.140 | 0.615 | 180.203 | 1 |
| 28 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing Mama Justice MW LAW FIRM Chevrolet | 53.146 | 0.621 | 180.183 | 1 |
| 29 | 55 | Joey Gase | Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet | 53.159 | 0.634 | 180.139 | 1 |
| 30 | 24 | Harrison Burton | Sam Hunt Racing Toyota | 53.160 | 0.635 | 180.135 | 1 |
| 31 | 87 | Austin Green | Peterson Racing Group Chevrolet | 53.196 | 0.671 | 180.014 | 1 |
| 32 | 45 | Lavar Scott | Alpha Prime Racing Urban Affairs Coalition Chevrolet | 53.246 | 0.721 | 179.844 | 1 |
| 33 | 32 | Tyler Ankrum | Jordan Anderson Racing LiUNA! / TDA Investment Group Chevrolet | 53.307 | 0.782 | 179.639 | 1 |
| 34 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Alpha Prime Racing CWSons.com / Clark's Chevrolet | 53.408 | 0.883 | 179.299 | 1 |
| 35 | 07 | Josh Bilicki | SS-GreenLight Racing Chevrolet | 53.435 | 0.910 | 179.208 | 1 |
| 36 | 35 | Natalie Decker | Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet | 53.553 | 1.028 | 178.814 | 1 |
| 37 | 0 | Garrett Smithley | SS-GreenLight Racing Chevrolet | 53.565 | 1.040 | 178.773 | 1 |
| 38 | 74 | Dawson Cram | Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet | 54.478 | 1.953 | 175.777 | 1 |
