Brandon Jones earns Martinsville pole but may not start there
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — While Brandon Jones earned the pole for the DUDE Wipes 250 at Martinsville Speedway, he may not start there Saturday night.
Jones ran a 19.694-second lap time, tying the track record Ty Gibbs set. Immediately afterward, however, he told FS1 that the team found a hairline crack in the brake rotor that they planned to address.
Should the team need to change the brake rotor, Jones will have to go to the rear of the field.
TOP-10 STARTERS: Jones, Cole Custer, Sheldon Creed, Jeb Burton, Justin Allgaier, Aric Almirola, Anthony Alfredo, Ryan Sieg, Sam Mayer, Austin Hill
THROUGH THE FIELD
Carson Kvapil will start 12th for his Xfinity Series debut. Starting behind him are Richmond polesitter Parker Retzlaff and Matt DiBenedetto in his second start for Viking Motorsports.
Chandler Smith will start 37th after a crash in practice.
Ryan Vargas and Mike Harmon Racing failed to make the race by 0.022 seconds.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
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