The Craftsman Truck Series were the first to qualify for this weekends NASCAR action at the Circuit of The America's Friday afternoon.
An early story from the truck qualifying session was driver of the No. 7 Spire Motorsport truck, Alex Bowman, did not qualify for the race as he had a tire go down, ending his hopes to run in the race tomorrow afternoon.
Ross Chastain, Ty Majeski, Nick Sanchez, Grant Enfinger and Tanner Gray were the fastest drivers from Group A, and moved on to round 2 of qualifying.
Stewart Friesen, driver of the No. 52 Toyota Tundra had his lap disqualified as he cut through the esses. Friesen will begin the race from the rear.
Later on, two more drivers had their laps disqualified for short cutting a turn, Lawless Alan and Samuel Lecomte. Both will join Stewart Friesen from the rear.
Kris Wright, Daniel Dye, and Matt Crafton did not post a qualifying lap, each team was working on their truck in the garage, which meant they were not allowed to qualify.
Kyle Busch, Christian Eckes, Carson Hocevar, Zane Smith, and Kaz Grala were the fast five from group B, they all moved on to the second round of qualifying.
Ross Chastain, driver of the No. 41 Niece Motorsports truck won the pole. The well-known NASCAR Cup Series driver is doing double duty for the second time in 2023.
Chastain previously ran the truck race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where he finished 24th.
Check out the starting lineup down below, and tune into the action on FS1 1:30pm ET Saturday, March 25th 2023
Craftsman Truck Series Lineup:
1. Ross Chastain
2. Kyle Busch
3. Ty Majeski
4. Nick Sanchez
5. Christian Eckes
6. Carson Hocevar
7. Zane Smith
8. Grant Enfinger
9. Tanner Gray
10. Kaz Grala
11. Corey Heim
12. Tyler Ankrum
13. Ben Rhodes
14. Logan Bearden
15. Stewart Friesen
16. Hailie Deegan
17. Parker Klingerman
18. Lawless Alan
19. Taylor Gray
20. Rajah Caruth
21. Chase Purdy
22. Dean Thompson
23. Ed Jones
24. Kaden Honeycutt
25. Colin Garrett
26. Spencer Boyd
27. Colby Howard
28. Matt Dibenedetto
29. Timmy Hill
30. Mason Filippi
31. Bret Holmes
32. Jake Garcia
33. Dale Quarterly
34. Matt Crafton
35. Kris Wright
36. Daniel Dye