Circuit of the Americas Truck Qualifying Recap

Circuit of the Americas Truck Qualifying Recap

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

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