BROWNSBURG, Ind. – After Chandler Smith fired the first shot by setting the fastest lap in practice earlier in the day, Ty Gibbs evened the score by claiming the General Tire Pole Award for the ARCA Menards Series Herr’s Potato Chips 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway.
Gibbs, who turned 17 on Friday, turned a lap at 21.820 seconds (113.181 mph) with the No. 18 Monster Energy/ORCA Coolers/Terrible Herbst/Advance Auto Parts Toyota to take his second ARCA pole of the season.
Corey Heim earned his first front row starting position with a lap of 21.859 seconds (112.979 mph). Smith qualified third at 21.866 seconds (112.942 mph).
Smith, a four-time winner in 2019, will look to extend Billy Venturini’s lead in the series owner’s points with his fifth win of the year.
Carson Hocecar was fourth at 21.886 seconds (112.839 mph) and Christian Eckes, the defending race winner who sits second in the championship standings by just five points, qualified fifth at 21.948 seconds (112.521 mph).
Championship leader Michael Self qualified sixth, just in front of his Venturini Motorsports teammate Hailie Deegan.
Travis Braden, Howie DiSavino III and newly-crowned NASCAR K&N Pro Series East champion Sam Mayer rounded out the top 10.