Sauter on Kroger 250 pole

[media-credit name=”Barry Albert” align=”alignright” width=”228″][/media-credit]Johnny Sauter captured the pole for Saturday’s Kroger 250 with a lap of 95.463 mph. This was his first pole at Martinsville and the third of his career.

Cole Witt starts second, Kevin Harvick third, Austin Dillon fourth and Kyle Busch starts fifth.

Lineup
Kroger 250, Martinsville Speedway
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Pos. Driver Make Speed Time
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1 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 95.463 19.836
2 Cole Whitt* Chevrolet 94.913 19.951
3 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 94.723 19.991
4 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 94.618 20.013
5 Kyle Busch Toyota 94.614 20.014
6 James Buescher Chevrolet 94.529 20.032
7 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 94.2 20.102
8 Justin Lofton Toyota 94.171 20.108
9 Nelson Piquet Jr.* Chevrolet 93.989 20.147
10 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 93.873 20.172
11 Max Papis Toyota 93.687 20.212
12 Timothy Peters Toyota 93.548 20.242
13 Travis Kvapil Toyota 93.483 20.256
14 Clay Rogers Chevrolet 93.456 20.262
15 Todd Bodine Toyota 93.428 20.268
16 Craig Goess* Toyota 93.428 20.268
17 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 93.084 20.343
18 Brad Sweet Chevrolet 93.079 20.344
19 Dusty Davis* Toyota 92.974 20.367
20 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet 92.86 20.392
21 Johanna Long* Toyota 92.696 20.428
22 Justin Marks Chevrolet 92.502 20.471
23 Joey Coulter* Chevrolet 92.479 20.476
24 Shane Sieg Chevrolet 92.353 20.504
25 Matt Lofton Toyota 92.353 20.504
26 Justin Johnson* Toyota 92.294 20.517
27 Miguel Paludo* Toyota 92.164 20.546
28 Jeffrey Earnhardt* Chevrolet 92.142 20.551
29 David Starr Toyota 91.882 20.609
30 Parker Kligerman* Dodge 91.864 20.613
31 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 91.289 20.74
32 Caleb Roark Chevrolet 90.794 20.856
33 Norm Benning Chevrolet 89.123 21.247
34 Jason White Chevrolet 89.119 21.248
35 Chase Mattioli*Ford 87.817 21.563

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