At the end of qualifying on Friday afternoon, it’d be 23-year-old Brennan Newberry winning the pole for the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway.
The driver of the No. 14 Fight For Life Chevrolet timed in with a lap of 50.797 seconds, 177.176 mph, for his first career pole in his 11th career start. Newberry, a native of Bakersfield, California, made 10 starts last year with a best finish of 19th at Michigan.
Justin Lofton timed in second for his first top 10 starting spot ever at Daytona, just 0.118 seconds off of Newberry’s lap.
Defending Camping World Truck Series Champion James Buescher qualified third for his third top 10 start at Daytona International Speedway. Ron Hornaday Jr. and Ty Dillon rounded out the top five.
Kyle Busch, the only Sprint Cup Series regular in the field, qualified sixth. He was followed by Jeb Burton, Miguel Paludo, Ryan Truex and Joey Coulter.
Defending race winner John King qualified 21st.
The NextEra Energy Resources 250 will be live on SPEED tonight at 7:30 p.m. EST.
| Starting Lineup | |||||
| Nextera Energy 250, Daytona Int’l Speedway | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/truckseries/qual.php?race=1 | |||||
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| Pos. | No. | Driver | Make | Speed | Time |
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| 1 | 14 | Brennan Newberry | Chevrolet | 177.176 | 50.797 |
| 2 | 6 | Justin Lofton | Chevrolet | 176.765 | 50.915 |
| 3 | 31 | James Buescher | Chevrolet | 176.751 | 50.919 |
| 4 | 9 | Ron Hornaday Jr | Chevrolet | 176.713 | 50.93 |
| 5 | 3 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 176.637 | 50.952 |
| 6 | 51 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 176.481 | 50.997 |
| 7 | 4 | Jeb Burton | Chevrolet | 176.474 | 50.999 |
| 8 | 32 | Miguel Paludo | Chevrolet | 175.95 | 51.151 |
| 9 | 30 | Ryan Truex | Chevrolet | 175.795 | 51.196 |
| 10 | 18 | Joey Coulter | Toyota | 175.764 | 51.205 |
| 11 | 29 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 175.747 | 51.21 |
| 12 | 8 | Max Gresham | Chevrolet | 175.733 | 51.214 |
| 13 | 60 | Dakoda Armstrong | Chevrolet | 175.689 | 51.227 |
| 14 | 54 | Darrell Wallace Jr | Toyota | 175.466 | 51.292 |
| 15 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet | 175.463 | 51.293 |
| 16 | 19 | Ross Chastain | Ford | 175.077 | 51.406 |
| 17 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Toyota | 174.595 | 51.548 |
| 18 | 92 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | 174.517 | 51.571 |
| 19 | 68 | Clay Greenfield | RAM | 174.51 | 51.573 |
| 20 | 77 | German Quiroga Jr | Toyota | 174.348 | 51.621 |
| 21 | 33 | John King | Chevrolet | 174.338 | 51.624 |
| 22 | 84 | Chris Fontaine | Toyota | 174.287 | 51.639 |
| 23 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Toyota | 174.189 | 51.668 |
| 24 | 5 | Tim George Jr | Ford | 174 | 51.724 |
| 25 | 98 | Johnny Sauter | Toyota | 173.769 | 51.793 |
| 26 | 99 | Bryan Silas | Ford | 173.504 | 51.872 |
| 27 | 7 | John Wes Townley | Toyota | 173.36 | 51.915 |
| 28 | 93 | Jason White | Chevrolet | 172.486 | 52.178 |
| 29 | 27 | Jeff Agnew | Chevrolet | 172.302 | 52.234 |
| 30 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Ford | 171.841 | 52.374 |
| 31 | 57 | Norm Benning | Chevrolet | 171.546 | 52.464 |
| 32 | 7 | Chris Cockrum | Toyota | 171.008 | 52.629 |
| 33 | 81 | David Starr | Toyota | 170.02 | 52.935 |
| 34 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Chevrolet | 168.102 | 53.539 |
| 35 | 13 | Todd Bodine | Toyota | 173.738 | 51.802 |
| 36 | 1 | Dusty Davis | Chevrolet | 172.292 | 52.237 |
| 37 | 82 | Sean Corr | Ford | 172.193 | 52.267 |
| 38 | 50 | Rick Crawford | Chevrolet | 171.145 | 52.587 |
| 39 | 63 | Scott Stenzel | Ford | 169.189 | 53.195 |
