QUALIFYING: Conley on Coors Pole At Dover
Delaware’s Faison also on front row for K&N Pro East race
DOVER, Del. – Cale Conley earned his third career Coors Light Pole Award in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Friday afternoon in qualifying for the Drive Sober 150 at Dover International Speedway.
Delaware native C.J. Faison will join Conley on the front row for the race, which is scheduled to take the green flag Friday at 4:45 p.m.
Conley won the pole with a lap of 23.227 seconds (154.992 mph) around the high-banked mile oval. Faison had a lap of 23.254 (154.812).
Kyle Benjamin, making his series debut, qualified third at 23.285 (154.606). Rookies occupied spots three through seven, with Benjamin followed by Jesse Little, Cole Custer, Austin Hill and Gray Gaulding.
Two-time race winner Brett Moffitt qualified eighth. Moffitt enters the race – the second-to-last on the 2013 schedule – 23 points behind leader Dylan Kwasniewski. Kwasniewski qualified 11th.
Eddie MacDonald and rookie Ben Rhoders were ninth and 10th, respectively.
RESULTS
NKNPS East Dover 9/27/13 Qualifying
Pos No. Name Sponsor Best Tm Best Speed In Lap Laps Diff
1 47 Cale Conley TAIT / PMC Toyota 23.227 154.992 2 2
2 39 C J Faison Little Caesars Pizza Chevrolet 23.254 154.812 1 2 0.027
3 52 Kyle Benjamin * Federated Auto Parts/Rain Eater Dodge 23.285 154.606 1 2 0.058
4 97 Jesse Little * NASCAR Technical Institute Chevrolet 23.333 154.288 2 2 0.106
5 00 Cole Custer * Smith Transport/Haas Automation Chevrolet 23.391 153.905 2 2 0.164
6 13 Austin Hill * Don Rich Ford/A & D Welding Ford 23.397 153.866 2 2 0.170
7 20 Gray Gaulding * Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Toyota 23.401 153.840 1 2 0.174
8 11 Brett Moffitt Gunma Toyopet Toyota 23.492 153.244 1 2 0.265
9 71 Eddie MacDonald Grimm Const./National MS Society Chevrolet 23.506 153.152 2 2 0.279
10 41 Ben Rhodes * Alpha Energy Solutions Chevrolet 23.567 152.756 2 2 0.340
11 98 Dylan Kwasniewski Rockstar Energy Drink/Royal Purple Chevrolet 23.579 152.678 1 2 0.352
12 25 Justin Boston * ZLOOP Electronic Recycling Toyota 23.600 152.542 2 2 0.373
13 26 Dylan Presnell Amtrol/American Mountain Rentals Chevrolet 23.649 152.226 1 2 0.422
14 96 Ben Kennedy Delaware Office of Highway Safety Chevrolet 23.674 152.066 2 2 0.447
15 89 Matt Tifft * DOC 360 Chevrolet 23.697 151.918 2 2 0.470
16 51 Michael McGuire * Woods Towing & Transportation Toyota 23.708 151.847 1 2 0.481
17 37 Sergio Pena Legends Gear & Trans/Spraker Racing Chevrolet 23.713 151.815 1 2 0.486
18 6 Daniel Suarez Visit Acapulco Toyota 23.720 151.771 2 2 0.493
19 28 Brandon McReynolds * McReynolds Incorporated Chevrolet 23.723 151.751 2 2 0.496
20 72 Scott Heckert * Project Lifesaver Chevrolet 23.740 151.643 2 2 0.513
21 21 Mackena Bell * Toyota Racing Development Toyota 23.775 151.420 2 2 0.548
22 33 Brandon Jones * Rheem Chevrolet 23.791 151.318 1 2 0.564
23 2 Ryan Gifford Sunoco Racing Fuel Toyota 23.832 151.057 1 2 0.605
24 4 Bryan Ortiz Rev Racing Toyota 23.838 151.019 1 2 0.611
25 32 Dale Quarterly Van Dyk/Bollegraaf Chevrolet 24.115 149.285 2 2 0.888
26 31 Trey Hutchens * MilitaryWarriors.org/Impact Gel Chevrolet 24.143 149.112 1 2 0.916
27 04 Ronnie Bassett, Jr. * Jerry Hunt Auto Sales/Rheem Toyota 24.153 149.050 1 2 0.926
28 46 Brandon Gdovic WindStax.com/Aquis Communications Toyota 24.232 148.564 1 2 1.005
29 77 Austin Wayne Self * AM Technical Solutions Dodge 24.234 148.552 2 2 1.007
30 99 Austin Dyne KMC Wheels Chevrolet 24.345 147.874 2 2 1.118
31 63 John Salemi Envirotek Toyota 24.391 147.595 2 2 1.164
32 91 J. C. Stout Once Again Nut Butter/Hart’s Ins. Chevrolet 24.421 147.414 2 2 1.194
33 18 Sam Hunt Drive Technology Toyota 24.453 147.221 2 2 1.226
34 0 Rafael Vallina * Jarritos Mineragua Toyota 25.164 143.062 2 2 1.937
35 44 Akinori Ogata * ENEOS Motor Oil Toyota 25.516 141.088 2 2 2.289
36 34 Kenzie Ruston * AccuDoc Solutions Chevrolet 28.042 128.379 1 1 4.815
Top 26 qualified on time.
Provisional: Ruston, Gdovic, Dyne and Hunt
DNQ: Selt, Ogata, Salemi, Vallina, Bassett and Stout
Sources: Jason Christley/NASCAR K&N Pro Series East PR