Michael Annett, the winner of the season opener at Daytona, claimed the pole for today’s Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
He earned the pole with a top speed of 189.264 mph. It the first career pole for Annett in 238 Xfinity starts.
“We got Brenda Jackson riding with us, that’s worth 10 horsepower, right?” Annett told Fox Sports 1. “She’s gonna watch over us all day, all four cars.”
Jackson, the mother of JR Motorsport’ co-owners Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kelley Earnhardt Miller, passed away earlier this week from cancer.
The top five is completed by Tyler Reddick, Ross Chastain, Ryan Sieg and Justin Haley.
The top 10 is rounded by Brett Moffitt, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Gray Gaulding, Chase Briscoe and Christopher Bell.
Brandon Jones (13th), Noah Gragson (14th), John Hunter Nemechek (15th) and Austin Cindric (17th) were among those who did not advance to the final round.
Green flag for the MoneyLion 300 will start at 1:19 p.m. ET on FS1.
Click here for qualifying results.
Pole sitter @MichaelAnnett has Miss Brenda riding with him today at @TalladegaSuperS 🙌@JRMotorsports | #MoneyLion300 pic.twitter.com/7GIhuguLij
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