NASCAR Ford F-150 Teams Qualify Well At COTA 2023

March 25, 2023 1:05 am

While a pair of Chevrolet racers will start on the front row for at Circuit of the Americas for the Truck Series race on March 25^th, 2023, several NASCAR Ford F-150 teams proved that they have speed on the 3.41-mile Texas road course, starting with the No. 98 F-150 of Ty Majeski, who qualified third.

Majeski and the No. 98 F-150 navigated the 20-turn road course in 134.568 seconds at 91.225 mph, tailing the Chevy Silverado RST race trucks of Ross Chastain in the No. 41 and Kyle Busch in the No. 51. For reference, Chastain set the pole in the No. 41 Silverado with a time of 133.613 seconds at 91.877 mph, while Busch trailed him with 134.178 seconds at 91.49 mph.

The next-best Blue Oval racer is the No. 38 NASCAR Ford of defending champion Zane Smith, who posted a best time of 135.706 seconds at 90.46 mph. Tanner Gray also qualified within the top ten, putting his No. 15 F-150 on the ninth-best starting position with a time of 136.423 second at 89.985 mph.

The Truck Series race at COTA will take place on Saturday, March 25^th at 1:30 pm E.T.

NASCAR Truck Series Qualifying Results, Circuit of the Americas, March 24, 2023
Pos	Car Number	Driver	Team	Time	Speed	Car
1	41	Ross Chastain(i)	Worldwide Express Chevrolet	133.613	91.877	Chevrolet Silverado RST
2	51	Kyle Busch(i)	Zariz Transport Chevrolet	134.178	91.49	Chevrolet Silverado RST
3	98	Ty Majeski	Cincinnati/Curb Records Ford	134.568	91.225	Ford F-150
4	2	Nick Sanchez #	Gainbridge Chevrolet	134.912	90.993	Chevrolet Silverado RST
5	19	Christian Eckes	NAPA AutoCare Chevrolet	134.995	90.937	Chevrolet Silverado RST
6	42	Carson Hocevar	Worldwide Express Chevrolet	135.15	90.832	Chevrolet Silverado RST
7	38	Zane Smith	Speedco/Peak Ford	135.706	90.46	Ford F-150
8	23	Grant Enfinger	Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet	135.852	90.363	Chevrolet Silverado RST
9	15	Tanner Gray	Mobil 1 Toyota	136.423	89.985	Ford F-150
10	1	Kaz Grala(i)	Island Coastal Lager Toyota	136.515	89.924	Toyota Tundra
11	11	Corey Heim	JBL Toyota	135.998	90.266	Ford F-150
12	16	Tyler Ankrum	LiUNA! Toyota	136.21	90.126	Toyota Tundra
13	99	Ben Rhodes	Farm Paint Ford	136.285	90.076	Ford F-150
14	22	Logan Bearden	Bearden Automotive Ford	136.411	89.993	Chevrolet Silverado RST
15	52	Stewart Friesen	Halmar International Toyota	136.471	89.953	Toyota Tundra
16	13	Hailie Deegan	Ford Performance Ford	136.516	89.924	Ford F-150
17	75	Parker Kligerman(i)	Food Country USA/Utz Chevrolet	136.537	89.91	Chevrolet Silverado RST
18	45	Lawless Alan	PlainsCapital Bank/MGMachinery Chevrolet	136.559	89.895	Chevrolet Silverado RST
19	17	Taylor Gray	Dead On Tools Toyota	136.755	89.766	Toyota Tundra
20	24	Rajah Caruth #	Wendell Scott Foundation Chevrolet	136.826	89.72	Chevrolet Silverado RST
21	4	Chase Purdy	Bama Buggies Chevrolet	137.392	89.35	Chevrolet Silverado RST
22	5	Dean Thompson	Thompson Pipe Group Toyota	137.529	89.261	Toyota Tundra
23	20	Ed Jones	Little Caesars Chevrolet	137.844	89.057	Chevrolet Silverado RST
24	4	Kaden Honeycutt	CarQuest Ford	138.157	88.855	Ford F-150
25	30	Colin Garrett	11/11 Veteran Project/UnBroken Toyota	138.925	88.364	Toyota Tundra
26	12	Stefan Parsons(i)	Record Rack Chevrolet	138.946	88.351	Chevrolet Silverado RST
27	9	Colby Howard	Grant County Mulch Chevrolet	139.097	88.255	Chevrolet Silverado RST
28	25	Matt DiBenedetto	Rackley Roofing Chevrolet	139.261	88.151	Chevrolet Silverado RST
29	56	Timmy Hill	Will's Automotive Toyota	139.551	87.968	Toyota Tundra
30	34	Mason Filippi	OpenFender Ford	139.956	87.713	Ford F-150
31	32	Bret Holmes #	Pate Holdings Chevrolet	140.147	87.594	Chevrolet Silverado RST
32	35	Jake Garcia #	Quanta Chevrolet	Owner Points	87.544	Chevrolet Silverado RST
33	46	Dale Quarterley	Van Dyk Recycling/Motul Toyota	Owner Points	87.293	Toyota Tundra
34	88	Matt Crafton	Ideal Door/Menards Ford	Owner Points	0	Ford F-150
35	2	Kris Wright	F.N.B. Corporation Chevrolet	Owner Points	0	Chevrolet Silverado RST
36	43	Daniel Dye #	Dell Children's Medical Center Chevrolet	Owner Points	0	Chevrolet Silverado RST