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Qualifiers were held for the first international NASCAR Camping Truck World Series race at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park Saturday.

Starting on the pole will be James Buescher, the defending series champion, with a fastest lap time of 109.189 mph.

James Buescher (Photo: Philippe Champoux)

Driving the No. 31 Eliminator Chevrolet for Turner Scott Motorsports, it's Buescher's second Keystone Light Pole Award this season. Buescher is second by 49 points in the season standings behind leader Matt Crafton.

Taking the pole gives Buescher the first choice of pit location, as well as the on-track advantage of positioning, on a 2.459 mile road course that's notoriously difficult for passing.

Ryan Blaney (Photo: Philippe Champoux)

Qualifying second in the No. 29 Cooper Standard Ford at 109.166, was rookie Ryan Blaney in his ninth top-ten start this season.

Third was Mike Skeen with 109.076. An experienced road racer who makes his first NASCAR series debut, Skeen was in the No. 6 Hawk Performance Chevrolet.

He was followed by Chase Elliot, Miguel Paludo, Ty Dillon, veteran road racer Max Papis, Chad Hackenbract, Darrell Wallace Jr. and Brendan Gaughan. Series leader Matt Crafton qualified 13th.

Mike Skeen (Photo: Philippe Champoux)

Although it was rumoured that home-town favourite Ron Fellows might compete on the track he co-owns, he decided that managing an event of this scope deserved all of his focus.

Buescher, a 23-year-old Texas native, captured the NCWTS Championship in 2012. Winning it again would make him the series' first repeat champion.

This is the first Camping World truck series event to be held in Canada, and the first time it's been run on a road course since Watkins Glen in 2000.

The 64-lap race gets underway Sunday at 2:00 p.m. with a field of 30 trucks.

Starting line-up
Pos. Name No. Truck Sponsor Time Speed

1 James Buescher 31 Chevrolet Motomaster Eliminator 109.189 81.074
2 Ryan Blaney 29 Ford Cooper Standard 109.166 81.091
3 Mike Skeen 6 Chevrolet Hawk Performance 109.076 81.158
4 Chase Elliott 94 Chevrolet Aaron's Dream Machine / Hendrickcars.com 108.930 81.267
5 Miguel Paludo 32 Chevrolet Duroline Brakes & Components 108.890 81.297
6 Ty Dillon 3 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops - Tracker Boats 108.835 81.338
7 Max Papis 14 Chevrolet Sport Clips 108.725 81.420
8 Chad Hackenbracht 51 Toyota Tastee Apple / Ingersoll Rand 108.488 81.598
9 Darrell Wallace Jr 54 Toyota Camping World / Good Sam 108.261 81.769
10 Brendan Gaughan 62 Chevrolet South Point Hotel & Casino 108.118 81.877
11 Jeb Burton 4 Chevrolet Arrowhead 107.894 82.047
12 German Quiroga Jr 77 Toyota Otter Box 107.809 82.112
13 Matt Crafton 88 Toyota Ideal Door-Menards 107.533 82.323
14 Alex Guenette 39 Chevrolet MI IUIMITEES Motorsports 107.533 82.323
15 Timothy Peters 17 Toyota Parts Plus 107.390 82.432
16 Johnny Sauter 98 Toyota Carolina Nut Co. / Curb Records 107.234 82.552
17 Ron Hornaday Jr 9 Chevrolet NTS Motorsports 107.202 82.577
18 Ross Chastain 19 Ford ReeseTowpower/PartsSource 107.155 82.613
19 Joey Coulter 18 Toyota Monster Energy 107.136 82.628
20 Brennan Newberry 24 Chevrolet Qore-24 106.931 82.786
21 Martin Roy 84 Chevrolet Beaver Bail Bonds 106.007 83.508
22 Dakoda Armstrong 60 Chevrolet Winfield 105.863 83.621
23 Max Gresham 8 Chevrolet Amwins 105.454 83.946
24 Bryan Silas 99 Ford Bell Trucks America, Inc. 105.017 84.295
25 John Wes Townley 7 Toyota Zaxby's 104.014 85.108
26 Derek White 81 Toyota VIP Poker 102.419 86.433
27 Carl Long 07 Toyota TBA 98.698 89.692
28 Jennifer Jo Cobb 10 RAM Kona Unwind 94.174 94.000
29 Chris Lafferty 0 Ford KOMA Unwind 94.160 94.014
30 Norm Benning 57 Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing 92.776 95.417

Norwegian Andreas Bakkerud clinched a sensational win at round seven of the European Rallycross Championship at Loheac.

Having won his semi-final, Bakkerud lined up on the front row of the grid alongside fellow countryman, Petter Solberg.

The two battled it out fiercely, trading first place until Bakkerud passed Solberg for good on lap 3.

Timur Timerzyanov and Tanner Foust also battled hard until the two made contact; Foust ending up in the wall as a result.

Bakkerud won the race head of Solberg.

Crowd favourite, nine-time FIA World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb finished fourth in his semi-final, just four tenths of a second behind Timerzyanov and a place in the final.

Schmidt Motorsports'Jack Hawksworth literally beat himself to the pole by improving his own time during a last-effort run during qualifying for the Indy Lights race around the streets of Baltimore.

Carlos Munoz (Andretti Autosport) came in second, bumping Gabby Chavez to third, while Sage Karam, who held pole early on, but damaged his nose later in the session, will start fourth.

Following a crash in practice in the morning, Peter Dempsey's Belardi Auto Racing team had to make some swift repairs and the Irishman lines up fifth.

There were two red flags in the session, both caused by Giancarlo Serenelli. He was barred from taking part in the rest of the session as a punishment.

Results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Jack Hawksworth Schmidt 1m24.4910s
2. Carlos Munoz Andretti 1m24.9924s +0.5014s
3. Gabby Chaves Schmidt 1m24.9938s +0.5028s
4. Sage Karam Schmidt 1m25.1211s +0.6301s
5. Peter Dempsey Belardi 1m25.5112s +1.0202s
6. Zach Veach Andretti 1m25.6487s +1.1577s
7. Matthew Di Leo MDL/Dragffy 1m26.4814s +1.9904s
8. Dalton Kellett Pabst 1m26.6269s +2.1359s
9. Jorge Goncalvez Belardi 1m26.8998s +2.4088s
10. Giancarlo Serenelli Belardi
11. Juan Pablo Garcia Moore

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