NEWTON, Iowa. — Sam Mayer backed up his practice speed by putting his No. 21 GMS Racing Chevrolet on the pole for the Casey’s General Store 150 at Iowa Speedway, his second career K&N Pro Series pole.
ud83dudea8 IOWA POLE WINNER ud83dudea8@sam_mayer_ earns the top spot for tonight‘s race with a 24.195-second lap ud83dudc40 it‘s his career second pole.
“That‘s pretty good, ain‘t it?” ud83dudc4dud83cudffcud83eudd2a#KNWEST | #KNEAST | #Caseys150 pic.twitter.com/2W8aqUPBSa
— #MyTrackMyRoots (@NASCARHomeTrack) July 26, 2019
The Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender and Bristol winner’s 24.501-second circuit came in the final group of qualifying. His other pole came at the aforementioned Bristol, where he led all 150 laps en route to the victory.
Racing-Reference: Sam Mayer Career Statistics
Chase Cabre, winner of the last two K&N Pro Series East races (24.547), Ruben Garcia Jr. (24.577), Derek Kraus (24.732) and Max McLaughlin (24.735) completed the top five quickest speeds.
Spencer Davis, Trevor Huddleston, Ty Gibbs, Hailie Deegan and Drew Dollar rounded out the top 10.
Tanner Gray laid down the seventh quickest lap, but crashed his No. 15 DGR-Crosley Toyota in Turns 3 and 4, pounding the inside wall. The team is going to a back-up car.
A closer look at @tannergray5‘s damage ud83dude33 they‘re going to a back-up.@DGR_Crosley hard at work in the garage to get the car ready for the race in about two hours from now.#KNWEST | #KNEAST | #Caseys150 pic.twitter.com/iYCIXxWOQV
— #MyTrackMyRoots (@NASCARHomeTrack) July 26, 2019
The Casey’s General Store 150 is scheduled to go green at approximately 7:30 p.m. CDT from Iowa Speedway. FansChoice.TV will have live coverage of the combination event.
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