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QUALIFYING: Sam Mayer Earns First Career Pole With Blistering Bristol Lap

www.arcaracing.com April 6, 2019

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Fans in attendance on Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway saw the first installment of The Sam Mayer Show.

After setting the quickest time in both K&N Pro Series East practice sessions, the 15-year-old from Franklin, Wisconsin laid down a sub-15 second lap and earned his first career series pole award for Saturday’s Zombie Auto 150.

RELATED: PRACTICE: Sam Mayer Paces Both Practices at Bristol

His GMS Racing No. 21 Chevrolet blistered around the World’s Fastest Half-Mile in an astounding 14.978 seconds, a new track record in the K&N Pro Series.

“When we unloaded, we were pretty free,” Mayer said of his day. “We had to come in and make pretty big swings. Once we got that done, we didn’t change much. We were just focusing on line to a tee and getting everything ready.”

Racing-Reference: Sam Mayer Career Statistics

Mayer finished fourth at New Smyrna, his best career finish to date. He also has three top fives in the series and has one previous start at BMS in the CARS Tour, but none in the K&N Pro Series.

DGR Crosley’s Tanner Gray (15.028) will roll off second, with teammate Riley Herbst third (15.078) and Rev Racing teammates Chase Cabre (15.081) and Ruben Garcia Jr. (15.153) rounding out the top five starters.

Spencer Davis, Natalie Decker (first career start), Anthony Sergi, Drew Dollar and Derek Kraus complete the top 10. Raphael Lessard will roll off 13th in his first career K&N Pro Series start. Hailie Deegan (blown engine in practice) and Chuck Buchanan Jr. (crash in practice) did not complete qualifying laps and will start the Zombie Auto 150 in the rear.

Zombie Auto 150 Qualifying Results

The green flag for the Zombie Auto 150 at Bristol Motor Speedway is scheduled to fly at approximately 4 p.m. on Saturday. FansChoice.TV will have live coverage of the event.

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