Setting a quick time of 28.174s, Carson Hocevar was capable of grasp on for his first profession pole within the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet on Saturday. It is a entrance row lockout for Workforce Chevy with William Byron placing the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in second, simply 0.014s behind Hocevar’s pole lap. Hocevar was additionally the quickest driver within the apply session that instantly preceded qualifying.
“It is actually huge,” smiled Hocevar. “It is actually huge for these guys. It is tremendous spectacular for what they have been capable of do. This is similar group on pit highway, off pit highway, on the store — everybody engaged on the No. 77 is strictly the identical as once I began right here. It is simply large the place we have been capable of convey this group.”
Hocevar admitted that he will be exhausting on himself at occasions, and did not suppose he “nailed that lap,” regardless of going to the highest of the board. “Tremendous pleased with this group,” he continued. “I’ve by no means been primary pit stall and I’ve had lots of challenge s on pit highway. We have had lots of unhealthy luck, so I lastly get the primary pit stall and I am pumped about that.”
Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
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Final weekend’s Talladega race winner Austin Cindric timed in third, main the Ford camp. Kyle Larson was fourth and Hocevar’s Spire Motorsports teammate Michael McDowell was fifth. Ty Gibbs led the Toyotas in sixth, adopted by Josh Berry, Denny Hamlin, Bubba Wallace, and AJ Allmendinger.
Defending Texas winner Chase Elliott will begin deep within the subject, solely going quick sufficient for twenty ninth. The excellent news is that he got here from twenty fourth on the grid to win right here final 12 months. He is not the one notable driver with some work to do on Sunday both with Ryan Blaney twenty fourth, Kyle Busch twenty sixth, Joey Logano twenty seventh, Brad Keselowski thirtieth, and Ross Chastain thirty first.
There have been no incidents in the course of the qualifying session. Historical past exhibits that the pole-sitter has not been capable of translate that right into a Cup win at Texas in three years of the Nex Gen period, which is one thing Hocevar will certainly be hoping to alter tomorrow. Maybe the apply right here is paying off: Hocevar has already been on observe racing this weekend, as the one Cup driver to additionally run the Truck race on Friday evening. He was solidly in second place when a battery challenge derailed his evening.
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