Ty Dillon, Sam Hornish Jr. on front row for Saturday night’s NNS race at Kentucky

NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Rookie of the Year (ROTY) candidate, Ty Dillon – with a qualifying lap speed of 175.690mph, captured the pole for tonight’s VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 at Kentucky Speedway.

This was Dillon’s second series pole of the 2014 season, his second series career pole and his first series pole at Kentucky Speedway.

Sam Hornish, Jr., will start on the outside pole in second with a qualifying lap speed of 175.690mph, and he will be followed by Brendan Gaughan (175.097mph) starting third, Cale Conley (175.046) fourth and Brian Scott (174.853) starts fifth.

Rookie candidate Chris Buescher (174.791mph) qualified sixth, while Elliott Sadler (174.284) starts seventh, Michael McDowell (174.070) eighth, rookie candidate Chase Elliott (173.930) ninth and Regan Smith (173.600) rounding out the top-ten starting positions.

Failing to make the starting lineup was Carl Long.

The 3rd annual VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 is slated to get started around 7:50 pm (ET) tonight, and ESPNEWS will provide television coverage beginning at 7:00 pm (ET).

VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 Qualifying Results
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Best Speed	Best Time	Gap
1	3	Ty Dillon #	175.690	30.736	Leader
2	54	Sam Hornish, Jr.	175.245	30.814	-0.078
3	62	Brendan Gaughan	175.097	30.840	-0.026
4	33	Cale Conley (i)	175.046	30.849	-0.009
5	2	Brian Scott	174.853	30.883	-0.034
6	60	Chris Buescher #	174.791	30.894	-0.011
7	11	Elliot Sadler	174.284	30.984	-0.090
8	22	Michael McDowell (i)	174.070	31.022	-0.038
9	9	Chase Elliott #	173.930	31.047	-0.025
10	7	Regan Smith	173.600	31.106	-0.059
11	6	Trevor Bayne	173.422	31.138	-0.032
12	20	Justin Boston (i)	173.410	31.140	-0.002
Eliminated From Round 2
13	42	Dylan Kwasniewski	172.612	31.284	-0.144
14	43	Dakoda Armstrong #	172.199	31.359	-0.075
15	80	Ross Chastain (i)	171.980	31.399	-0.040
16	16	Ryan Reed #	171.685	31.453	-0.054
17	31	Chase Pistone (i)	171.217	31.539	-0.086
18	5	Austin Theriault	171.162	31.549	-0.010
19	4	Jeffrey Earnhardt	170.994	31.580	-0.031
20	99	James Buescher	170.902	31.597	-0.017
21	39	Ryan Sieg #	170.821	31.612	-0.015
22	01	Landon Cassill	170.283	31.712	-0.100
23	19	Mike Bliss	168.734	32.003	-0.291
24	51	Jeremy Clements	169.646	31.831	0.172
Eliminated From Round 1
25	28	J.J. Yeley	169.433	31.871	-0.040
26	55	Jamie Dick	169.385	31.880	-0.009
27	40	Matt DiBenedetto	169.268	31.902	-0.022
28	14	Eric McClure	168.408	32.065	-0.163
29	17	Tanner Berryhill	168.324	31.081	0.984
30	44	Blake Koch	168.167	32.111	-1.030
31	93	Mike Wallace	168.067	32.130	-0.019
32	10	Jeff Green	166.857	32.363	-0.233
33	70	Derrike Cope	166.842	32.366	-0.003
34	52	Joey Gase	166.734	32.387	-0.021
35	89	Morgan Shepherd	164.961	32.735	-0.348
36	46	Ryan Ellis	164.159	32.895	-0.160
37	72	John Jackson	163.994	32.928	-0.033
38	23	Carlos Contreras	162.333	33.265	-0.337
39	87	Josh Reaume (OP)	0.000	0.000	33.265
40	74	Mike Harmon	163.895	32.948	-32.948

# – Rookie
OP – In on Owners Points
(i) Ineligible for Driver Points in this Series

 

 

Alex Tagliani on pole for today’s Nationwide race at Road America

Road course specialist – and driving for Team Penske – Alex “Tags” Tagliani, with a qualifying lap speed of 108.420 m.p.h., captured his second career NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Coors Light Pole Award Saturday for this afternoon’s Gardner Denver 200 at Road America.

Series Rookie of the Year (ROTY) candidate, Dylan Kwasniewski, will start second on the outside pole with a qualifying lap speed of 108.337 m.p.h., followed by Regan Smith (108.242 m.p.h.) starting third, Sam Hornish, Jr. (108.185) fourth and Brendan Gaughan (108.179) will start fifth.

Rounding out the top-ten starting positions will be Brian Scott (108.141 m.p.h.) starting sixth, ROTY candidate Ty Dillon (107.920) seventh, Justin Marks (107.687) eighth, ROTY candidate Chris Buescher (107.451) ninth and the 2011 NSCS ROTY Andy Lally (107.374) starting tenth.

There were 38 drivers attempting to fill the 40-car field; therefore, no one failed to make the starting lineup.

The 5th annual Gardner Denver 200 is scheduled to have a green flag drop around 3:00 p.m. (ET) this afternoon and ESPN on ABC will begin their coverage at 2:30 p.m. (ET)

Gardner Denver 200 Qualifying Results
Pos.	Car #	Driver	Best Speed	Best Time
1	22	Alex Tagliani	108.420	134.411
2	42	Dylan Kwasniewski	108.337	134.513
3	7	Regan Smith	108.242	134.632
3	51	Jeremy Clements	108.185	134.702
4	54	Sam Hornish, Jr.	108.179	134.710
5	62	Brendan Gaughan	108.141	134.758
6	2	Brian Scott	107.920	135.033
7	3	Ty Dillon #	107.687	135.325
8	31	Justin Marks	107.451	135.623
9	60	Chris Buescher #	107.374	135.720
10	55	Andy Lally	107.066	136.111
11	11	Elliot Sadler	107.029	136.157
12	9	Chase Elliott #	107.436	135.642
14	16	Ryan Reed #	107.133	136.025
15	6	Trevor Bayne	107.037	136.147
16	43	Dakoda Armstrong #	106.722	136.549
17	19	Mike Bliss	106.565	136.750
18	99	James Buescher	106.506	136.826
19	40	Matt DiBenedetto	106.350	137.027
20	20	Kenny Habul	106.261	137.141
21	87	Stanton Barrett	106.153	173.281
22	28	J.J. Yeley	106.148	137.288
23	14	Eric McClure	106.073	137.384
24	46	Ryan Ellis	105.422	138.233
25	01	Landon Cassill	105.152	138.588
26	23	Kevin O’Connell	104.941	138.867
27	39	Ryan Sieg #	104.696	139.162
28	17	Tanner Berryhill #	104.448	139.522
29	76	Tommy Joe Martins #	101.980	142.898
30	10	Jeff Green	99.540	146.402
31	74	Bobby Reuse	98.401	148.096
32	79	Tim Schendel	97.784	149.030
33	15	Carl Long	97.237	149.869
34	52	Joey Gase	96.905	150.382
35	44	Carlos Contreras	0.000	0.000
36	4	Jeffrey Earnhardt	0.000	0.000
37	93	Kevin Lepage	0.000	0.000
38	70	Derrike Cope	0.000	0.000

# – Rookie