While they missed out on nabbing the pole position, the NASCAR Chevy Truck Series teams performed well during qualifying at Darlington Raceway on May 12th, 2023. In fact, seven of the top 10 starting positions are held by Chevy Silverado RST race trucks.
The No. 23 Silverado RST of Grant Enfinger will start in second place, having posted a time of 29.322 seconds at 167.71 mph around the 1.366-mile asphalt oval. By comparison, polesitter Corey Heim threw the No. 11 Toyota TRD Tundra for a lap of 29.263 seconds at 168.048 mph, outperforming the No. 23 Silverado of Enfinger.
However, the rest of the top five starting positions belong to Silverado race trucks. The No. 2 Silverado of Nick Sanchez will start third, followed by the No. 19 Silverado of Nick Sanchez in fourth. Jake Garcia’s No. 35 NASCAR Chevy truck will start fifth, while the No. 52 Tundra of Stewart Friesen will break up The Bow Tie party by starting sixth. Matt DiBenedetto posted the seventh-fastest lap during qualifying, and William Byron, regular Cup Series driver of the No. 24 Chevy Camaro ZL1, will start the No. 51 Silverado from the eighth position. The No. 98 Ford F-150 of Ty Majeski is all by himself in ninth position, and finally, the No. 4 NASCAR Chevy of Chase Purdy will take the green flag from 10th.
The green flag at Darlington will drop at 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, May 12th, marking the first of three “Throwback Weekend” races scheduled for this weekend.
| Pos | Car Number | Driver | Team | Time | Speed | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Corey Heim | Safelite Toyota | 29.263 | 168.048 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 2 | 23 | Grant Enfinger | Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet | 29.322 | 167.71 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 3 | 2 | Nick Sanchez # | Gainbridge Chevrolet | 29.328 | 167.676 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 4 | 19 | Christian Eckes | Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet | 29.412 | 167.197 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 5 | 35 | Jake Garcia # | Crown Fiber Chevrolet | 29.428 | 167.106 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 6 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar International Toyota | 29.483 | 166.794 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 7 | 25 | Matt DiBenedetto | Rackley Roofing Chevrolet | 29.485 | 166.783 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 8 | 51 | William Byron(i) | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 29.497 | 166.715 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 9 | 98 | Ty Majeski | Tenda/Curb Records Ford | 29.524 | 166.563 | Ford F-150 |
| 10 | 4 | Chase Purdy | Bama Buggies Chevrolet | 29.553 | 166.399 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 11 | 15 | Tanner Gray | Black's Tire Toyota | 29.591 | 166.186 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 12 | 17 | Taylor Gray # | Dead On Tools Toyota | 29.622 | 166.012 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 13 | 24 | Rajah Caruth # | Wendell Scott Foundation Chevrolet | 29.635 | 165.939 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 14 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | Farm Paint Ford | 29.64 | 165.911 | Ford F-150 |
| 15 | 1 | Bubba Wallace(i) | Annie Bosko Toyota | 29.653 | 165.838 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 16 | 41 | Ross Chastain(i) | Worldwide Express Chevrolet | 29.73 | 165.409 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 17 | 16 | Tyler Ankrum | LiUNA! Toyota | 29.767 | 165.203 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 18 | 42 | Carson Hocevar | Worldwide Express Chevrolet | 29.815 | 164.937 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 19 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Ideal Door/Menards Ford | 29.826 | 164.876 | Ford F-150 |
| 20 | 43 | Daniel Dye # | Race to stop Suicide Chevrolet | 29.86 | 164.689 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 21 | 75 | Parker Kligerman(i) | Haagen-Dazs Chevrolet | 30.004 | 163.898 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 22 | 38 | Zane Smith | RTA rtatel.com Ford | 30.023 | 163.794 | Ford F-150 |
| 23 | 56 | Timmy Hill | UNITS Storage Toyota | 30.055 | 163.62 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 24 | 20 | Kaden Honeycutt | Chevrolet | 30.072 | 163.528 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 25 | 5 | Dean Thompson | Thompson Pipe Group Toyota | 30.148 | 163.115 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 26 | 13 | Hailie Deegan | Ford Performance Ford | 30.255 | 162.538 | Ford F-150 |
| 27 | 4 | Johnny Sauter | CarQuest/Roper Racing Ford | 30.322 | 162.179 | Ford F-150 |
| 28 | 46 | Brennan Poole(i) | G2G Racing Toyota | 30.337 | 162.099 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 29 | 7 | Corey LaJoie(i) | Schluter Systems Chevrolet | 30.405 | 161.737 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 30 | 45 | Lawless Alan | AUTOParkit Chevrolet | 30.466 | 161.413 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 31 | 47 | Dawson Cram(i) | G2G Racing Toyota | 30.632 | 160.538 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 32 | 30 | Ryan Vargas | KSDT CPA Toyota | Owner Points | 159.388 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 33 | 12 | Spencer Boyd | Sad Daddy Hunting Blinds Chevrolet | Owner Points | 159.11 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 34 | 32 | Bret Holmes # | Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet | Owner Points | 156.986 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 35 | 2 | Kris Wright | WrightCars.com Chevrolet | Owner Points | 153.67 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 36 | 9 | Colby Howard | Grant County Mulch Chevrolet | Owner Points | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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