16-year-old Ben Rhodes earned his first 21 Means 21 presented by Coors Brewing Company Pole Award on Tuesday in UNOH Battle At The Beach qualifying on the short track at Daytona International Speedway. The Louisville, Kentucky native made his way around the .37-mile oval in 18.589 seconds.
He will be joined by fellow rookie Austin Hill, who posted a qualifying time of 18.719 seconds. Gray Gaulding qualified third followed by Ronnie Bassett Jr. and Brennan Newberry.
New Smryna winner Daniel Suárez qualifed sixth, followed by Brodie Kostecki, David Garbo Jr., Lee Pulliam and Kenzie Ruston. Last year’s UNOH Battle of the Beach winner Cameron Hayley qualified 13th.
The UNOH Battle at the Beach is set to get underway at 7 p.m. with NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and Whelen Southern Modified Tour race followed by the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East at approximately 8:45 p.m.
Live television coverage on FOX Sports 2 will begin at 7 p.m. while radio coverage on the Motor Racing Network with live streaming MRN.com and SiriusXM NASCAR Ch. 90 gets underway at 6:45 p.m.
| Pos | No. | Name | Sponsor | Best Tm | Best Speed | In Lap | Laps | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 41 | Ben Rhodes * | Alpha Energy Solutions Chevrolet | 18.589 | 71.655 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | 22 | Austin Hill * | A&D Welding Ford | 18.719 | 71.158 | 2 | 2 | 0.130 |
| 3 | 20 | Gray Gaulding | Krispy Kreme Chevrolet | 18.802 | 70.844 | 2 | 2 | 0.213 |
| 4 | 04 | Ronnie Bassett | Butler Trailer Mfg. Toyota | 18.806 | 70.828 | 2 | 2 | 0.217 |
| 5 | 24 | Brennan Newberry | Qore24 Chevrolet | 18.813 | 70.802 | 2 | 2 | 0.224 |
| 6 | 6 | Daniel Suarez | Sunoco Race Fuels Toyota | 18.818 | 70.783 | 2 | 2 | 0.229 |
| 7 | 43 | Brodie Kostecki * | Arcoplate Toyota | 18.847 | 70.674 | 2 | 2 | 0.258 |
| 8 | 1 | David Garbo, Jr. | Garbo Lobster Toyota | 18.857 | 70.637 | 2 | 2 | 0.268 |
| 9 | 11 | Lee Pulliam * | Don Valley North Toyota Toyota | 18.872 | 70.581 | 2 | 2 | 0.283 |
| 10 | 96 | Kenzie Ruston | Ben Kennedy Racing Chevrolet | 18.907 | 70.450 | 2 | 2 | 0.318 |
| 11 | 15 | Nick Drake * | NAPA Auto Parts Toyota | 18.932 | 70.357 | 2 | 2 | 0.343 |
| 12 | 34 | Scott Heckert | Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet | 18.942 | 70.320 | 2 | 2 | 0.353 |
| 13 | 98 | Cameron Hayley | Cabinets by Hayley Chevrolet | 18.953 | 70.279 | 2 | 2 | 0.364 |
| 14 | 42 | Jay Beasley * | Toyota Racing Development Toyota | 18.971 | 70.212 | 2 | 2 | 0.382 |
| 15 | 46 | Brandon Gdovic | American Messaging/Windstax.com Toyota | 18.972 | 70.209 | 2 | 2 | 0.383 |
| 16 | 2 | Ryan Gifford | Toyota Racing Development Toyota | 18.994 | 70.127 | 1 | 2 | 0.405 |
| 17 | 4 | Sergio Pena | UTI/NASCAR Technical Institiue Toyota | 19.035 | 69.976 | 2 | 2 | 0.446 |
| 18 | 99 | Patrick Staropoli * | PEAK Toyota | 19.040 | 69.958 | 2 | 2 | 0.451 |
| 19 | 16 | Brandon McReynolds | NAPA Auto Parts Toyota | 19.042 | 69.951 | 2 | 2 | 0.453 |
| 20 | 21 | Mackena Bell | Special Smiles Toyota | 19.099 | 69.742 | 1 | 1 | 0.510 |
| 21 | 31 | Kaz Grala * | OzLINK Chevrolet | 19.104 | 69.724 | 2 | 2 | 0.515 |
| 22 | 71 | Eddie MacDonald | Grimm Contracting Chevrolet | 19.107 | 69.713 | 2 | 2 | 0.518 |
| 23 | 97 | Jesse Little | Vanacore Homes/NTI Chevrolet | 19.116 | 69.680 | 2 | 2 | 0.527 |
| 24 | 07 | Clint King * | Warehouse Design Chevrolet | 19.156 | 69.534 | 2 | 2 | 0.567 |
| 25 | 89 | Cory Joyce * | Kyros Ent | 19.194 | 69.397 | 2 | 2 | 0.605 |
| 26 | 12 | Beto Monteiro * | Lenovo/Champion Oil Dodge | 19.295 | 69.033 | 1 | 2 | 0.706 |
| 27 | 75 | Nathan Russell * | VSI Racing/Russell Stone Products Chevrolet | 19.353 | 68.827 | 2 | 2 | 0.764 |
| 28 | 33 | Brandon Jones | Wolfpack Energy Services Chevrolet | 19.435 | 68.536 | 2 | 2 | 0.846 |
| 29 | 18 | Sam Hunt | Paragon Energy Holdings Toyota | 19.494 | 68.329 | 2 | 2 | 0.905 |
| 30 | 55 | Jerry Dawson * | EXIT Realty Chevrolet | 20.109 | 66.239 | 2 | 2 | 1.520 |
