KBM driver makes first front-row start after turning 21
RELATED: Full qualifying results
Darrell Wallace Jr. earned his first pole award since turning 21 last week, making the feat his first Keystone Light Pole Award. Wallace ran a lap in 19.679 seconds in a No. 34 Toyota Tundra, painted to honor future Hall-of-Famer Wendell Scott. Wallace was followed by two other Toyotas on the leaderboard, with Timothy Peters and Truck Series points leader Matt Crafton qualifying second and third, respectively.
Ryan Blaney, Gray Gaulding, Johnny Sauter, German Quiroga, Jeb Burton and Tyler Reddick will make up the first ten starters.
In an attempt to get a better starting position, Quiroga made a lap with 30 seconds left in the final qualifying session, but got loose leaving Turn 4 and had to head down pit road. He prevented the No. 77 from hitting the wall, doing only tire damage.
Ben Kennedy, John Hunter Nemechek and Erik Jones were the first drivers who did not advance to the second round of qualifying. Kennedy's time of 19.856 seconds was just shy of the Alex Guenette's 19.802 seconds, which earned him the 12th and final position to advance to the second round.
Peyton Sellers spun out coming out of Turn 4, doing some damage to his splitter. The red flag flew several times, the once with just under 20 minutes left in the first round when Charles Buchanan Jr. spun out in Turn 3 in his Truck Series qualifying debut. The No. 80 of Jody Knowles and No. 93 of Dustin Hapka both got turned during the first round as well.
The Kroger 200 (200 laps, 105.2 miles) is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1.
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