For a second straight week, the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series has a first-time polesitter.

Carson Kvapil, driver of the No. 1 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports, will lead the field to green in Saturday’s Fleetio 200 at Darlington Raceway, picking up his first career pole position in NASCAR’s second-tier division.

Kvapil, who came up short of his first career pole to teammate Rajah Caruth last weekend at Daytona International Speedway, laid down a lap time of 30.424 seconds (161.636mph) to hold the top spot in qualifying.

Justin Allgaier, the highest seed in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase, will start from the outside of the front row, with Brandon Jones in third, Jesse Love fourth, and Sam Mayer rounding out the top-five.

Austin Hill, Taylor Gray, Brent Crews, Rajah Caruth, and Parker Retzlaff (the fastest driver in practice) rounded out the top-10. The highest-ranking driver who didn’t make the Chase for the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Championship (either Driver’s or Owner’s) was Anthony Alfredo, who will start 12th.

Sammy Smith (11th), Sheldon Creed (13th), and Corey Day (14th) are the only three drivers in The Chase that failed to qualify inside the top-10.

Other notables starting outside the top-10 include last weekend’s winner at Daytona, Ryan Sieg, who will start 18th, as well as William Sawalich, who will start 22nd. Jake Finch, making his second NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series start of 2026 for JR Motorsports, will roll from 31st.

The Fleetio 200 will begin, weather permitting, at 7:30 PM ET on The CW.

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