WEST ALLIS, Wisc. — Defending race winner William Sawalich (No. 18 Starkey/SoundGear Toyota) claimed the General Tire Pole for Sunday’s Sprecher 150 ARCA Menards Series race at The Milwaukee Mile. It’s the eighth ARCA Menards Series pole of the season for the 17-year-old who comes into Sunday’s race on a personal three-race win streak, including a dominant performance last Sunday that saw him lead 104 of 105 laps on the one-mile dirt oval at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.
Sawalich timed in at 29.002 seconds (125.991 mph) to best his own previous track record, set in qualifying here last year.
Current ARCA Menards Series East championship leader Connor Zilisch (No. 28 Silver Hare Development/Chevrolet Performance Chevrolet) qualified second. Zilisch, who has won his first four ARCA Menards Series starts in 2024 and has a stand-alone ARCA Menards Series East victory at Flat Rock Speedway to his credit, will start second after a lap of 29.366 seconds/124.430 miles per hour.
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series regular Lawless Alan (No. 33 AutoParkIt Ford) earned a career-best starting position by timing in third quick at 29.594. Current ARCA Menards Series championship points leader Andres Perez (No. 2 Max Siegel Inc. Chevrolet) qualified fourth at 29.697 and Giovanni Ruggiero (No. 20 JBL Audio Toyota) rounded out the top five with a lap at 29.747.
Dean Thompson (No. 55 Thompson Pipe Group Toyota) qualified sixth, with his Venturini Motorsports teammate Kris Wright (No. 15 FNB Corporation Toyota) in seventh, Lavar Scott (No. 6 Max Siegel Inc. Chevrolet) in eighth, Amber Balcaen (No. 22 ICON Toyota) in ninth and Christian Rose (No. 32 West Virginia Department of Tourism Ford) in tenth.