Berry’s average lap speed of 188.549 mph in Friday’s qualifying session gave him the pole over his teammate Justin Allgaier (188.289 mph). Allgaier had topped Friday’s practice session.
The pole is the second this season for Berry, with both coming in the last three races. It’s also the third of his career.
Berry said he and his No. 8 JRM team are determined to atone his race at Pocono two weeks ago, where he ended up 24th after starting on the pole.
“I’m just really proud of these guys on this No. 8 team. They’ve been working really hard,” said Berry, who has yet to earn a win this season. “I’m not going to lie, we let one get away two weeks ago and every single one of us have thought about it every day since then.
“We wanted to come here and finish what we started a couple weeks ago. Hats off to these guys and everybody at JR Motorsports. The cars are faster and driving better.”
Austin Hill ended up third fastest, Berry’s teammate and last week’s race winner Sam Mayer was fourth and Riley Herbst will line up fifth.
Completing the top-10 starting lineup are Chandler Smith, Carson Hocevar, Ty Gibbs, Sammy Smith and John Hunter Nemechek.
Inspection issue
During inspection on Friday, NASCAR confiscated the splitter from Cole Custer’s No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford for further inspection at its R&D Center in Concord, N.C. Any penalties will be announced next week.
Using another splitter on the car, Custer qualified 13th-fastest for Saturday’s race.
Cla | Driver | # | Time | Interval | Mph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | JOSH BERRYJR Motorsports | 8 | 37.985 | 189.549 | |
2 | JUSTIN ALLGAIERJR Motorsports | 7 | +0.254 | 0.254 | 188.289 |
3 | AUSTIN HILLRichard Childress Racing | 21 | +0.276 | 0.022 | 188.181 |
4 |
SAM MAYERJR Motorsports
|
1 | +0.318 | 0.042 | 187.975 |
5 | RILEY HERBSTStewart-Haas Racing | 98 | +0.329 | 0.011 | 187.921 |
6 |
CHANDLER SMITHKaulig Racing
|
16 | +0.344 | 0.015 | 187.847 |
7 |
CARSON HOCEVARSpire Motorsports
|
77 | +0.377 | 0.033 | 187.686 |
8 |
TY GIBBSJoe Gibbs Racing
|
19 | +0.397 | 0.020 | 187.588 |
9 |
SAMMY SMITHJoe Gibbs Racing
|
18 | +0.448 | 0.051 | 187.339 |
10 | BRETT MOFFITTAM Racing | 25 | +0.469 | 0.021 | 187.237 |
11 | JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEKJoe Gibbs Racing | 20 | +0.469 | 0.000 | 187.237 |
12 | ROSS CHASTAINKaulig Racing | 10 | +0.469 | 0.000 | 187.237 |
13 | COLE CUSTERStewart-Haas Racing | 00 | +0.486 | 0.017 | 187.154 |
14 | BRANDON JONESJR Motorsports | 9 | +0.546 | 0.060 | 186.863 |
15 | SHELDON CREEDRichard Childress Racing | 2 | +0.567 | 0.021 | 186.761 |
16 | DANIEL HEMRICKaulig Racing | 11 | +0.569 | 0.002 | 186.751 |
17 | PARKER KLIGERMANBig Machine Racing Team | 48 | +0.579 | 0.010 | 186.703 |
18 |
ANTHONY ALFREDOBJ McLeod Motorsports
|
78 | +0.657 | 0.078 | 186.326 |
19 |
CONNOR MOSACKSam Hunt Racing
|
24 | +0.658 | 0.001 | 186.321 |
20 | KYLE WEATHERMANDGM Racing | 91 | +0.706 | 0.048 | 186.090 |
21 |
KYLE SIEGRSS Racing
|
28 | +0.764 | 0.058 | 185.811 |
22 | RYAN SIEGRSS Racing | 39 | +0.770 | 0.006 | 185.782 |
23 | JEB BURTONJordan Anderson Racing | 27 | +0.814 | 0.044 | 185.572 |
24 |
PARKER RETZLAFFJordan Anderson Racing
|
31 | +0.838 | 0.024 | 185.457 |
25 | KAZ GRALASam Hunt Racing | 26 | +0.898 | 0.060 | 185.171 |
26 | GARRETT SMITHLEYJD Motorsports | 4 | +1.016 | 0.118 | 184.611 |
27 | JEREMY CLEMENTSJeremy Clements Racing | 51 | +1.050 | 0.034 | 184.450 |
28 |
JOE JR.RSS Racing
|
38 | +1.214 | 0.164 | 183.678 |
29 | JOSH WILLIAMSDGM Racing | 92 | +1.305 | 0.091 | 183.253 |
30 |
STEFAN PARSONSSS-Green Light Racing
|
07 | +1.424 | 0.119 | 182.699 |
31 |
MASON MAGGIOSS-Green Light Racing
|
08 | +1.466 | 0.042 | 182.505 |
32 |
DAWSON CRAMCHK Racing
|
74 | +1.486 | 0.020 | 182.412 |
33 | SAGE KARAMMotorsports Business Management | 66 | +1.509 | 0.023 | 182.306 |
34 |
MASON MASSEYAlpha Prime Racing
|
44 | +1.517 | 0.008 | 182.269 |
35 | JEFFREY EARNHARDTAlpha Prime Racing | 45 | +1.616 | 0.099 | 181.814 |
36 | RYAN ELLISAlpha Prime Racing | 43 | +1.634 | 0.018 | 181.731 |
37 |
EMERLINGБ PATRICKEmerling Gase Motorsports
|
35 | +1.641 | 0.007 | 181.699 |
38 | BRENNAN POOLEJD Motorsports | 6 | +1.659 | 0.018 | 181.616 |
39 |
CJ MCLAUGHLINEmerling Gase Motorsports
|
53 | +1.757 | 0.098 | 181.169 |
40 |
BLAINE PERKINSOur Motorsports
|
02 | +1.841 | 0.084 | 180.786 |