TALLADEGA, Ala. — John Hunter Nemechek won the pole for Saturday’s 17th annual Silverado 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race during qualifying Friday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota, Nemechek turned a best lap of 53.567 seconds at 178.767 mph to take the top qualifying position at the 2.66-mile superspeedway. Nemechek edged his teammate, Chandler Smith, who ran a lap of 53.879 seconds to qualify outside the front row. Carson Hocevar will start third in a Chevrolet, with Zane Smith fourth in a Ford for Front Row Motorsports. ThorSport Racing’s Matt Crafton qualified fifth and his Toyota teammate Ty Majeski was sixth.

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