Bubba Pollard and John Hunter Nemechek each led qualifying for Sunday’s SpeedFest 2015 at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, Georgia.
Pollard led the way with a fast lap of 15.613 seconds in ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS qualifying.
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The Senoia, Georgia driver wasn’t sure if going as the last car was going to work in his favor as the sun was setting over the 3/8-mile D-shaped oval.
“It was a pretty good lap. I wasn’t too sure about going out that late since it got so cold and slick,” Pollard said. “But we were able to have a good race car and get a good lap.”
John Hunter Nemechek (8) is the fast qualifier for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour 125 on Sunday. (Speed51.com photo)
Pollard is fresh off his first victory of 2015 after winning the Red Eye 100 a few weeks ago at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. He feels he has some good momentum coming into Sunday’s 200-lap race.
“We started off 2015 with a great win, so we have a some momentum coming into this race,” Pollard said. “We enjoy coming here and supporting CRA (Championship Racing Association). We are ready to get going tomorrow. I think we have a good racecar and can’t wait to see what we got for the race.”
Scotty Ellis surprised many with his run to qualify second with a lap time of 15.726. David Ragan was third quick with a lap time of 15.732. Chase Elliott was fourth with a time of 15.734 and Nemechek rounded out the top five with a time of 15.753.
Pollard pulled the #5 pill to create a five-car invert for the 200-lap main event. Nemechek and Elliott will lead the field to the green flag.
Nemechek was the fastest in JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour qualifying with a lap time of 15.900 seconds. With his pill draw, the top-ten in qualifying will be inverted for the 125-lap race on Sunday afternoon.
“I thought we would have had a little bit more, to tell you the truth,” Nemechek said after qualifying. “I have to thank my guys back at the shop. We had a little incident here earlier in the week and we had to fix that car before we came back and so I give it up them for their hard work.”
Pollard was second with a 15.988 with Korey Ruble qualifying third with a time of 16.009. Dalton Grindle was fourth with a time of 16.181 and Riley Thornton rounds out the top five with a 16.186.
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SpeedFest 2015
Watermelon Capital Speedway
Cordele, GA
SpeedFest ARCA/CRA Super Series Starting Lineup – Invert = 5
| 1 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek |
| 2 | 9 | Chase Elliott |
| 3 | 77 | David Ragan |
| 4 | 83 | Scotty Ellis |
| 5 | 26 | Bubba Pollard |
| 6 | 8 | Jordan Pruitt |
| 7 | 31 | Kyle Grissom |
| 8 | 7 | Paul Shafer, Jr. |
| 9 | 4P | Kyle Plott |
| 10 | 12 | Harrison Burton |
| 11 | 57 | Cole Timm |
| 12 | 07 | Austin Wayne Self |
| 13 | 1 | Mike Garvey |
| 14 | 29 | Anderson Bowen |
| 15 | 5 | Dominique Van Wieringen |
| 16 | 4 | Dalton Armstrong |
| 17 | 98 | Todd Gilliland |
| 18 | 79 | Kyle Bryant |
| 19 | 2 | Kyle McCallum |
| 20 | 98 | Russell Fleeman |
| 21 | 18 | Jordan Ives |
| 22 | 42 | Chad Finley |
| 23 | 51 | Brandon Oakley |
| 24 | 15 | Ron Young |
| 25 | 98 | Justin Ashburn |
| 26 | 02 | Steve Renner |
| 27 | 78 | Madeline Crane |
| 28 | 58 | John Coffman |
JEGS/CRA All-Star Tour Starting Lineup – Invert = 10
| 1 | 01 | Derek Scott Jr. |
| 2 | 98 | Justin Ashburn |
| 3 | 6w | Matt Wallace |
| 4 | 12 | Harrison Burton |
| 5 | 9 | Chris Dilbeck |
| 6 | 21 | Riley Thornton |
| 7 | 23 | Dalton Grindle |
| 8 | 18 | Korey Ruble |
| 9 | 26 | Bubba Pollard |
| 10 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek |
| 11 | 4 | Chris Hacker |
| 12 | 07 | Austin Wayne Self |
| 13 | 30 | Fredrick Moore |
| 14 | 1 | Josh Adkins |
| 15 | 4G | Kody Evans |
| 16 | 26s | Chandler Smith |
| 17 | 2 | Luke Christian |
| 18 | 24 | Christopher Tullis |
| 19 | 16 | David Hodges |
| 20 | 3 | Jordan McCallum |
| 21 | 43 | Justin South |
| 22 | 94 | Quinnton Bear |
| 23 | 27 | Joe Ross |
| 24 | 17 | Marty Wood |
| 25 | 61 | T.W. Fisher |
| 26 | 5 | Bret Holmes |
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