James Buescher stayed true to his word. He said as he continued to lay down laps, he would continue to get faster. That played true in qualifying as the defending truck series champion laid down a lap of 81.074 seconds to score the pole for the Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.
“The biggest thing is the more laps,” the driver of the No. 31 Motomaster Eliminator Chevrolet Silverado said. “Every lap I make, everytime I went out, I got faster every time. So I feel like the more laps I can get, the better prepared I will be.”
It will be important for Buescher to have a good run as after some bad luck to start the year, Buescher has turned his season around and sits second in points, 49 points behind Matt Crafton.
“People say we’re back in the title hunt, but I don’t think we ever fell out,” he said. “We’re just closer to the top now and plenty of racing left to go; we’re just past halfway.”
Rookie Ryan Blaney qualified his No. 29 Cooper Standard Ford in the second spot, 0.17 seconds off of Buescher.
“This team has been on a tear of late,” Blaney said coming into the weekend. “I’m confident our Cooper Standard team will have a shot at winning Sunday afternoon which will put us right back in the championship hunt.”
Mike Skeen qualified third with his No. 6 Hawk Performance Chevrolet as he looks to make his Camping World Truck Series debut.
In his past four Pirelli World Challenge GT Series starts at CTMP, he has four poles and four wins. Skeen currently sits sixth in the World Challenge GT Series standings after winning at Lime Rock earlier this year.
“Anytime you have that much success with a track you’re comfortable with it,” Skeen commented. “But this is a whole other world. I’ve had very little time in stock cars and not certainly any round here.”
Chase Elliott, who led both practices earlier in the day, rounded out the top five in fifth.
Miguel Paludo qualified sixth, followed by Ty Dillon, Max Papis, Chad Hackenbracht and Darrell Wallace Jr.
Points leader Matt Crafton qualified in the 13th position.
The Chevrolet Silverado 250 is set to start tomorrow at 2pm EST.
