QUALIFYING: Little On Roll at Dover
NASCAR Next Driver Captures K&N Pro East Pole
DOVER, Del. – Jesse Little followed up his fast practice time earlier Friday with the top lap in qualifying to earn the 21 Means 21 Pole Award at Dover International Speedway. It’s the second NASCAR K&N Pro Series East pole for the 17-year-old from Mooresville, North Carolina.
Little turned a fast lap of 23.384 seconds (153.951 mph) in his No. 97 NASCAR Technical Institute Chevrolet, The NASCAR Next driver also won the pole at Iowa Speedway on Aug. 1.
Turner Scott Motorsports teammates Cameron Hayley (23.526/153.022) and Ben Rhodes (23.528/153.009) were second and third fastest. Kyle Benjamin and Kaz Grala rounding out the top five.
Brandon Jones was sixth fastest, followed by J.J. Haley, Scott Heckert, defending race winner Austin Hill, and Daniel Suarez.
Rhodes has already clinched the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship prior to the season finale.
The Driver Sober 150 green flag is scheduled for 5 p.m. ET. The race will be broadcast on FOX Sports 1 on Oct. 4 at 10 a.m.
QUALIFYING RESULTS
NKNPS East Dover 9/26/14 Qualifying
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Pos No. Name Sponsor Best Tm Best Speed In Lap Laps Diff
1 97 Jesse Little NASCAR Technical Institute Chevrolet 23.384 153.951 1 2
2 98 Cameron Hayley Cabinets by Hayley Chevrolet 23.526 153.022 2 2 0.142
3 41 Ben Rhodes* Alpha Energy Solutions Chevrolet 23.528 153.009 1 2 0.144
4 27 Kyle Benjamin * Benjamin Motorsports Ford 23.566 152.762 1 2 0.182
5 31 Kaz Grala* NETTTS Chevrolet 23.598 152.555 1 2 0.214
6 33 Brandon Jones Lucas Oil Chevrolet 23.609 152.484 1 2 0.225
7 10 J.J. Haley * Braun Auto Group Chevrolet 23.650 152.220 1 2 0.266
8 34 Scott Heckert Project Lifesaver Chevrolet 23.674 152.066 2 2 0.290
9 22 Austin Hill * A&D Welding/Don Rich Ford 23.684 152.001 2 2 0.300
10 6 Daniel Suarez Sunoco Toyota 23.689 151.969 1 2 0.305
11 21 Mackena Bell Special Smiles Pediatric Dentistry Toyota 23.719 151.777 2 2 0.335
12 43 Brodie Kostecki* Arcoplate Toyota 23.813 151.178 2 2 0.429
13 15 Nick Drake * NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 23.820 151.134 1 2 0.436
14 00 Cole Custer NAPA Auto Parts/Haas Automation Toyota 23.828 151.083 1 2 0.444
15 05 Codie Rohrbaugh * Grant County Mulch Toyota 23.863 150.861 2 2 0.479
16 71 Eddie MacDonald Grimm Construction Chv 23.869 150.823 1 2 0.485
17 20 Gray Gaulding Krispy Kreme Chevrolet 23.877 150.773 2 2 0.493
18 25 Anderson Bowen * Turn 1/Texas Corral Toyota 23.891 150.684 1 2 0.507
19 24 Brennan Newberry Qore24 Chevrolet 23.897 150.647 1 2 0.513
20 2 Ryan Gifford Honda Generators Toyota 23.913 150.546 1 2 0.529
21 04 Ronnie Bassett Jr. * Bassett Racing Chevrolet 24.070 149.564 1 2 0.686
22 52 Matt Tifft Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet 24.103 149.359 1 2 0.719
23 4 Sergio Pena UTI Toyota 24.160 149.007 1 2 0.776
24 26 Dylan Presnell Amtrol\Well X Trol\Am Mtn. Rentals Toyota 24.169 148.951 2 2 0.785
25 96 Kenzie Ruston The Delaware Office of Highway Safety Chevrolet 24.312 148.075 1 2 0.928
26 46 Brandon Gdovic American Messaging/Windstax Toyota 24.474 147.095 1 2 1.090
27 29 Chad Finley * Auto Value\Aitliftcompany.com Ford 24.480 147.059 1 2 1.096
28 32 Dale Quarterley Van Dyk Baler Ford 24.571 146.514 1 2 1.187
29 42 Jay Beasley* Toyota Racing Development Toyota 24.578 146.472 2 2 1.194
30 12 John Salemi Lenovo\Champion Oil Dodge 24.651 146.039 1 2 1.267
31 18 Milka Duno * RAB Racing Toyota 24.798 145.173 2 2 1.414
32 1 Trey Hutchens * Gunma Toyopet Toyota 25.138 143.209 2 2 1.754
* Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender
Sources: Tom Bryant, NASCAR PR