Christopher Bell Secures Pole for UNOH 200 in Truck Series Return

Christopher Bell will lead the field to the green in Thursday's (August 16th) UNOH 200 from the Bristol Motor Speedway. Bell turned a 15.248-second lap around "The World's Fastest Half-Mile" to secure his sixth career pole in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Bell is filling in for Harrison Burton who is sick. Burton will return to the truck next weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

Ben Rhodes will start alongside Bell on the front row while John Hunter Nemechek, Johnny Sauter, and Grant Enfinger rounded out the top five.

Parker Kligerman, racing for hometown team Henderson Motorsports, starts the race from the sixth position while Noah Gragson, Todd Gilliland, Jesse Little, and Ross Chastain rounded out the top ten.

Starting Lineup for the UNOH 200 at Bristol

  1. Christopher Bell
  2. Ben Rhodes
  3. John Hunter Nemechek
  4. Johnny Sauter
  5. Grant Enfinger
  6. Parker Kligerman
  7. Noah Gragson
  8. Todd Gilliland
  9. Jesse Little
  10. Ross Chastain
  11. Justin Haley
  12. Chad Finley
  13. Stewart Friesen
  14. Brett Moffitt
  15. Cody Coughlin
  16. Dalton Sargeant
  17. Myatt Snider
  18. Matt Crafton
  19. Tanner Thorson
  20. Riley Herbst
  21. Clay Greenfield
  22. Scott Lagasse Jr.
  23. Austin Hill
  24. Austin Wayne Self
  25. Codie Rohrbaugh
  26. Cory Roper
  27. Korbin Forrister
  28. Bayley Currey
  29. Jordan Anderson
  30. Stefan Parsons
  31. Justin Fontaine
  32. Wendell Chavous
DNQ:  No. 50 - Gray Gaulding, No. 92 - Timothy Peters, No. 33  - BJ McLeod, No. 6 - Norm Benning, and No. 10 - Jennifer Jo Cobb

Coverage of the UNOH 200 from Bristol Motor Speedway begins at 8 p.m. ET on FOX with NASCAR Raceday. The race begins at 8:30 p.m. ET also on FOX becoming the first scheduled NASCAR programming to be shown in primetime on FOX. (Koelle,2018)

Photo Credit: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images

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