Rookie Jesse Love Secures Third Pole Award of the Season at Texas Motor Speedway

In the afternoon race at Texas Motor Speedway, Rookie Jesse Love claimed the pole position with a lap of 185.612 mph. This marked his third pole award of the season and his first since February at Atlanta. Cole Custer came in second place with a lap of 185.471 mph, while Taylor Gray, Chandler Smith, and Riley Herbst rounded out the top five with close lap times.

Among the drivers competing for the Dash 4 Cash bonus, Chandler Smith had the best qualifying performance in fourth place, followed by Justin Allgaier in sixth, Sam Mayer in 10th, and Sheldon Creed in 15th. These four drivers will be vying for a $100,000 bonus during the race. In total, 38 drivers qualified for the race, which is scheduled to start at 1:32 p.m. ET on FS1, with pre-race coverage beginning with NASCAR RaceDay at 12:30 p.m. ET on FS1