O’Reilly Talladega Grid and Inspection Penalties Set the Stage

Jesse Love secured his fifth straight Talladega pole, beating Jake Finch by 0.002 seconds; Corey Day had a fluid-loss issue and an engine change. Love’s, Jeb Burton’s and Connor Mosack’s teams also face crew-member ejections after repeated inspection failures and will lose pit-stall selection at Martinsville, a consequential hit to Love’s title campaign.