William Sawalich, a week after scoring his first career NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory, will roll off the starting grid from the pole position in Saturday night’s Suburban Propane 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Sawalich took his third career pole with a lap time of 15.634 seconds (122.733 mph), which allowed him to narrowly defeat Sheldon Creed for the pole position.
Kyle Larson, Brandon Jones, and Sam Mayer rounded out the top-five fastest qualifiers in Saturday’s qualifying session.
Official Suburban Propane 300 Starting Lineup
| Pos | Car | Driver | Team | Lap time | Diff | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | William Sawalich | Joe Gibbs Racing SoundGear Toyota | 15.634 | -- | 122.733 |
| 2 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | Haas Factory Team Chevrolet | 15.676 | 0.042 | 122.404 |
| 3 | 88 | Kyle Larson | JR Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 15.709 | 0.075 | 122.147 |
| 4 | 20 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing Menards / Monster Energy Toyota | 15.757 | 0.123 | 121.774 |
| 5 | 41 | Sam Mayer | Haas Factory Team Chevrolet | 15.769 | 0.135 | 121.682 |
| 6 | 54 | Taylor Gray | Joe Gibbs Racing Operation 300 Toyota | 15.786 | 0.152 | 121.551 |
| 7 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports Carolina Carports Chevrolet | 15.802 | 0.168 | 121.428 |
| 8 | 9 | Carson Kvapil | JR Motorsports High Rock Vodka Chevrolet | 15.816 | 0.182 | 121.320 |
| 9 | 99 | Parker Retzlaff | Viking Motorsports FUNKAWAY Chevrolet | 15.829 | 0.195 | 121.221 |
| 10 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet | 15.830 | 0.196 | 121.213 |
| 11 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing SciAps Chevrolet | 15.831 | 0.197 | 121.205 |
| 12 | 2 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet | 15.851 | 0.217 | 121.052 |
| 13 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet | 15.852 | 0.218 | 121.045 |
| 14 | 17 | Corey Day | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 15.853 | 0.219 | 121.037 |
| 15 | 1 | Connor Zilisch | JR Motorsports Roto-Rooter Chevrolet | 15.859 | 0.225 | 120.991 |
| 16 | 8 | Sammy Smith | JR Motorsports Pilot Chevrolet | 15.864 | 0.230 | 120.953 |
| 17 | 19 | Brent Crews | Joe Gibbs Racing Mobil 1 Toyota | 15.892 | 0.258 | 120.740 |
| 18 | 96 | Anthony Alfredo | Viking Motorsports Ohio Logistics Chevrolet | 15.948 | 0.314 | 120.316 |
| 19 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing All South Electric / One Stop Convenience Stores Chevrolet | 15.949 | 0.315 | 120.308 |
| 20 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing Night Owl Companies Chevrolet | 15.959 | 0.325 | 120.233 |
| 21 | 26 | Dean Thompson | Sam Hunt Racing Thompson Pipe Group Toyota | 15.984 | 0.350 | 120.045 |
| 22 | 24 | Harrison Burton | Sam Hunt Racing Dead On Tools Toyota | 15.998 | 0.364 | 119.940 |
| 23 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing Global Industrial Chevrolet | 16.076 | 0.442 | 119.358 |
| 24 | 42 | Logan Bearden | Young's Motorsports T3 Vodka Chevrolet | 16.087 | 0.453 | 119.276 |
| 25 | 87 | Austin Green | Peterson Racing Group Chevrolet | 16.102 | 0.468 | 119.165 |
| 26 | 45 | Lavar Scott | Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet | 16.124 | 0.490 | 119.003 |
| 27 | 07 | Josh Bilicki | SS-GreenLight Racing 10 Spot Tools Chevrolet | 16.139 | 0.505 | 118.892 |
| 28 | 74 | TBA | Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet | 16.142 | 0.508 | 118.870 |
| 29 | 92 | Josh Williams | DGM Racing Call811.com Chevrolet | 16.151 | 0.517 | 118.804 |
| 30 | 31 | Blaine Perkins | Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet | 16.153 | 0.519 | 118.789 |
| 31 | 91 | Mason Maggio | DGM Racing Chevrolet | 16.175 | 0.541 | 118.628 |
| 32 | 48 | Patrick Staropoli | Big Machine Racing Syfovre Chevrolet | 16.283 | 0.649 | 117.841 |
| 33 | 02 | Ryan Ellis | Young's Motorsports Demco Chevrolet | 16.286 | 0.652 | 117.819 |
| 34 | 5 | TBA | Hettinger Racing Ford | 16.287 | 0.653 | 117.812 |
| 35 | 0 | Garrett Smithley | SS-GreenLight Racing Chevrolet | 16.427 | 0.793 | 116.808 |
| 36 | 55 | Joey Gase | Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet | 16.619 | 0.985 | 115.458 |
| 37 | 35 | TBA | Joey Gase Motorsports Chevrolet | 16.926 | 1.292 | 113.364 |
| 38 | 32 | Rajah Caruth | Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet | 0.000 | -- | 0.000 |
Photo: Jonathan McCoy | TobyChristie.com
