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)

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