DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Ty Majeski won the pole for Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series opener, the NextEra Energy 250 at Daytona International Speedway, Friday afternoon.
The 27-year-old ThorSport Racing driver ran a fast lap of 179.122 mph during the second round of qualifying to claim his first pole in 21 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
“We are excited,” Majeski said. “This will be my first full time effort in the Truck Series. I’m really excited to be with the No. 66 Cincinnati team and ThorSport Racing. They’ve been working really, really hard to build fast Toyota Tundra TRD Pros. They’ve been putting long hours in. Joe (Shear, Jr., crew chief) and I have been closing down the shop a lot of these nights leading up to Daytona just massaging on this thing. That’s what it takes with these superspeedway races – obviously fast trucks. Not a lot the driver can do. Superspeedway qualifying just a great testament to all the work we put in and all of the speed we have in our trucks.”
John Hunter Nemechek was second at 178.898 mph in the No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota for his second top-10 start in five races at Daytona. Chandler Smith was third at 177.655 mph in another Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota.
Toyota’s swept the first six positions. Smith was followed by Tyler Ankum’s No. 16 at 177.448 mph, Stewart Friesen’s No. 52 at 177.389 mph and Corey Heim’s No. 51 at 177.343 mph.
Grant Enfinger broke up the Toyota parade when he qualified at 177.336 mph in his GMS Racing Chevrolet. he was followed by Riley Herbst’s Ford at 176.318 mph, Jesse Little’s Chevrolet at 176.280 and Lawless Alan’s Chevrolet, which posted a time in the opening round of qualifications but did not post a speed in round two.
Jordan Anderson, who finished second the last two years in the Truck Series opener, was among five who failed to qualify. Also failing to make the race were Chase Purdy, Clay Greenfield, Jennifer Jo Cobb and Matt Jaskol.
The NextEra Energy 250 is scheduled to begin Friday night at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time.