Kvapil Takes 2nd Consecutive O'Reilly Series Pole; Nu Way 225 Lineup

Through the opening 66 races of Carson Kvapil's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career, the 23-year-old had never scored a pole position. After a blistering lap in Saturday's qualifying session for the Nu Way 225 at World Wide Technology Raceway, Kvapil now has two consecutive pole positions in NASCAR's second-tier series.

Kvapil, one of the 12 contenders for the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series championship, secured his latest pole position with a lap time of 33.626 seconds (133.825 mph) around the 1.25-mile oval in Gateway.

While he had the fastest speed of anyone in qualifying by more than a tenth of a second, Kvapil is even happier with his car in race trim, and he feels like he actually missed his marks on his qualifying run.

"Yeah, I feel really good about it [in race trim]," Kvapil said about his car. "Honestly, I feel like that [qualifying] lap wasn't amazing. You know, there's no lap that is perfect, right? But I feel like my up-to-speed [lap] wasn't great, and I made a few little mistakes on that lap. But it just goes to show how fast [my crew chief] Rodney [Childers]... and everyone on this No. 1 Wilde Proten Cracker Chevrolet is this weekend. I mean, our car is really good."

Joining Kvapil on the front row of Saturday night's race will be Jesse Love, a fellow Chase contender and the driver of the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.

Love, the defending series champion, showed incredible long-run pace in Saturday's practice session at World Wide Technology Raceway. You'd figure Love, who took the championship last year with a win on the 1-mile flat Phoenix Raceway, will be in the conversation for the race win on Saturday night.

Sheldon Creed, who kicked off the Chase at Darlington Raceway last weekend with a win, will start from the inside of Row 2, as he set the third-fastest lap time in the qualifying session. The driver of the No. 00 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet is building momentum and confidence as the season dwindles.

It's been a big week for Corey Day, who inked a long-term contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports on Thursday and will run part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series for Spire Motorsports next season, and he continued the string of positivity with a fourth-place qualifying effort.

Day, 20, began his bid for the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series championship with a second-place finish last weekend at Darlington. The No. 5 seed in the Chase will look to improve his seeding on Saturday night.

Justin Allgaier, the series point leader, will start from the fifth position driving the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, and he'll be joined in Row 3 by Austin Hill, another Chase contender.

Harrison Burton, in seventh, was the fastest non-Chaser in the qualifying session, and the Sam Hunt Racing driver was followed by fellow non-Chaser William Sawalich in eighth.

Rajah Caruth, a Chase competitor, will start ninth, while Brent Crews, who is alive in the hunt for the Owner's Championship for the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing team, will start 10th.

Official Nu Way 225 Starting Lineup

Rank	Car	Driver	Lap time (sec)	Speed (mph)
1	1	Carson Kvapil (C)	33.626	133.825
2	2	Jesse Love (C)	33.730	133.412
3	00	Sheldon Creed (C)	33.738	133.381
4	17	Corey Day (C)	33.738	133.381
5	7	Justin Allgaier (C)	33.788	133.183
6	21	Austin Hill (C)	33.802	133.128
7	24	Harrison Burton	33.805	133.116
8	18	William Sawalich	33.812	133.089
9	88	Rajah Caruth (C)	33.847	132.951
10	19	Brent Crews #	33.854	132.924
11	54	Taylor Gray (C)	33.889	132.786
12	8	Sammy Smith (C)	33.896	132.759
13	96	Anthony Alfredo	33.930	132.626
14	87	Nick Sanchez	33.967	132.482
15	20	Brandon Jones (C)	34.034	132.221
16	28	Kyle Sieg	34.047	132.170
17	26	Dean Thompson	34.111	131.922
18	41	Sam Mayer (C)	34.113	131.915
19	99	Parker Retzlaff (C)	34.122	131.880
20	27	Jeb Burton	34.200	131.579
21	48	Patrick Staropoli #	34.248	131.395
22	44	Brennan Poole	34.297	131.207
23	51	Jeremy Clements	34.384	130.875
24	31	Blaine Perkins	34.399	130.818
25	0	Myatt Snider	34.482	130.503
26	07	Josh Bilicki	34.524	131.344
27	45	Lavar Scott #	34.571	130.167
28	39	Ryan Sieg	34.626	129.960
29	42	Brad Perez	34.702	129.676
30	92	Josh Williams	34.733	129.560
31	32	Jordan Anderson	34.743	129.522
32	91	Mason Maggio	34.759	129.463
33	02	Ryan Ellis	34.768	129.429
34	55	Joey Gase	34.977	128.656
35	53	Austin J Hill	35.279	127.555
36	47	Dawson Cram	0.000	0.000

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