For the first time in his career, Ryan Sieg won the pole for the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Part Series race at Iowa Speedway on Saturday (Aug. 8) with a fast lap of 131.436 MPH in qualifying.
Sieg will start on the front row next to Ross Chastain in the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, who trailed with a lap of 131.086 MPH.
JR Motorsports makes up the next three spots with Indianapolis Motor Speedway winner Carson Kvapil qualifying third, Rajah Caruth in fourth to make up row two and points leader Justin Allgaier placing fifth.
Sheldon Creed, Jeremy Clements, Corey Day, Sammy Smith and Parker Retzlaff make up the rest of an all-Chevy top 10.
Jesse Love was fastest in practice and qualified 11th. Taylor Gray was the highest qualifying Toyota in 13th. Two-time Iowa winner Sam Mayer will start 23rd.
Iowa O’Reilly Starting Lineup
The green flag for the HyVee Perks 250 is set for 5:07 p.m. ET with coverage beginning at 5 p.m. ET on The CW.
James Krause joined Frontstretch in March 2024 as a contributor. Krause was born and raised in Illinois and graduated from Northern Illinois University. He currently works in Fort Wayne, Indiana covering minor league, college and high school sports. Outside of racing, Krause loves to keep up with football, music, anime and video games.