Austin Hill will start from the pole Saturday at Watkins Glen Int'l. (James Gilbert/Getty Images Photo)
Austin Hill will start from the pole Saturday at Watkins Glen Int'l. (James Gilbert/Getty Images Photo)

Hill On Pole For Truck Series Regular Season Finale

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Knoxville Raceway winner Austin Hill will start from the pole in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regular season finale on Saturday afternoon at Watkins Glen Int’l.

Hill earned the pole by having the highest metric score after the most recent race at Knoxville. Lap speed is weighted at 15 percent, previous race finish at 25 percent for the driver and owner results and owner points position at 35 percent to calculate the final metric score.

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Todd Gilliland, who won the most recent series road course race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, will start second. Kyle Busch Motorsports rookie Chandler Smith starts third, followed by ThorSport Racing teammates Matt Crafton and Ben Rhodes.

Championship leader John Hunter Nemechek, Derek Kraus, Zane Smith, Carson Hocevar and Tyler Ankrum will start sixth through 10th, respectively.