Truck Series points leader Matt Crafton qualifies second
Related: Full qualifying results
Erik Jones grabbed the 21 Means 21 Pole Award Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway, piloting his No. 4 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota around the 1.5-mile paved oval at 181.074 mph (29.822 seconds). It’s Jones’s second Truck pole of the season, and fifth overall when counting his three XFINITY pole awards.
Series leader Matt Crafton will share the front row after posting a qualifying speed of 180.379 mph in the No. 88 Toyota. Daniel Suarez (179.886 mph), Johnny Sauter (197.456 mph) and John Wes Townley (179.456 mph) round out the top five for the WinStar World Casino 400 (9 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1). It’s the seventh race of the season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Tyler Reddick, who won last week’s NCWTS race at Dover, did not advance to the third round of qualifying on Friday and will start 16th.
Jennifer Jo Cobb, who had an on-track incident with Reddick at Dover and was later fined for walking up the track, qualified 20th for the WinStar 400.
The trucks are back on track at Texas at 9 p.m. ET for the WinStar World Casino 400 (FOX Sports 1).