O’Reilly Series: JRM starts 1-2-3 with Kvapil on Martinsville Pole

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Carson Kvapil will start from the pole in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series from Martinsville for the National Debt Relief 250.

This is his third pole of the season and of his O’Reilly Series career.

Kvapil cut his teeth in short track racing on his way up to JR Motorsports and shows his pedigree with his pole.Not only is it his raw ability, its JRM’s speed at the paperclip that has been great.

The top three are all JRM Chevrolet’s as Rajah Caruth starts alongside Kvapil on the front row from second and title hopeful Justin Allgaier just behind him in third.

Parker Retzlaff gained nearly half a second on his second lap to surge to fourth in the session to start on the second row with Allgaier.

William Sawalich is the highest qualifying Toyota from fifth. He will share the third row with last week’s winner Sammy Smith who is also running double-duty in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this weekend.

Like Retzlaff, Sheldon Creed also gained considerable time on his second lap. But he will start three positions lower from seventh.

Jesse Love enters Martinsville as the current Chase leader. For him, the short track has been a trick. He will start inside the top ten from eighth looking for a treat of a race tomorrow night on Halloween.

Corey Day will start ninth as he has a great chance to continue to gain on Love from third in the Chase with a 29-point deficit.

Finally, Taylor Gray rounds out the top ten from the fifth row in tenth place for the race.

Notable Starters

Nine of the top ten starters comprise of Chase drivers. Brandon Jones will start 12th as the best of the rest in the Chase to miss out on the top positions.

Sam Mayer still has a mathematical chance at the series championship and will start from 14th. Finally, Austin Hill rounds out the Chase drivers in the field from 21st.

Justin Carroll will make his first series start with Joey Gase Motorsports in the No. 35 entry. He’ll roll off 30th for his second race of the weekend.

Then, Baltazar Leguizamon makes his oval debut for Young’s Motorsports in the No. 42 as the Argentinian rounds out the full 38-car field.

Below is the full starting lineup for the eighth race of the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series from Martinsville Speedway.

Starting Lineup

1. Carson Kvapil: 19.855
2. Rajah Caruth: 19.903
3. Justin Allgaier: 19.941
4. Parker Retzlaff: 19.941
5. William Sawalich: 19.961
6. Sammy Smith: 20.017
7. Sheldon Creed: 20.030
8. Jesse Love: 20.036
9. Corey Day: 20.046
10. Taylor Gray: 20.055
11. Anthony Alfredo: 20.061
12. Brandon Jones: 20.076
13. Brent Crews: 20.121
14. Sam Mayer: 20.122
15. Dean Thompson: 20.150
16. Blaine Perkins: 20.212
17. Harrison Burton: 20.232
18. Jeb Burton: 20.233
19. Ryan Sieg: 20.253
20. Jeremey Clements: 20.253
21. Austin Hill: 20.275
22. Kyle Sieg: 20.351
23. Alex Labbe: 20.356
24. Patrick Emerling(i): 20.426
25. Brennan Poole: 20.441
26. Patrick Staropoli: 20.441
27. Carson Ware: 20.443
28. Dawson Cram: 20.446
29. Ryan Ellis: 20.457
30. Justin Carroll(i): 20.460
31. Mason Maggio: 20.469
32. Lavar Scott: 20.497
33. Joey Gase: 20.513
34. Daniel Dye(i): 20.521
35. Garrett Smithley: 20.641
36. Josh Bilicki: 20.673
37. Lee Pulliam: 20.752
38. Baltazar Leguizamon: 21.102