2014 Kroger 250 Qualifying Canceled; Darrell Wallace Jr. Inherits the Pole

         After working almost all morning to get Martinsville Speedway dried, NASCAR was forced to cancel qualifying for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Again, the much awaited group qualifying session for the Trucks will have to wait. NASCAR set the line-up for the race based on first practice speeds. Darrell Wallace Jr. was fastest in the first session and he will bring the field to green. Wallace, who already has a win at Martinsville, has looked good the entire weekend and he has a good chance to go back-to-back at Martinsville. Ryan Blaney, the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year, will start behind him in second and he has looked fast all weekend. Timothy Peters, who is fresh off a close second place finish at Daytona, will roll off third just in front of Erik Jones, who jumps in the truck that beat Peters at Daytona. Ben Kennedy, the Daytona polesitter, rolls off fifth to round out the top five of the field. The rest of the field is scattered behind these few drivers. Like usual, rained out qualifying leads to a lot of good experienced drivers in the front and a good many rolling off from the back. Drivers like Ron Hornaday Jr., Brian Ickler, Matt Crafton, German Quiroga, and others will roll off from the front part of the field. Drivers like Johnny Sauter, John Wes Townley, Joey Coulter, Jeb Burton, and others will start at the back of the starting order. The rookies are also sprinkled in the field. Cole Custer, Gray Gaulding, Ben Rhodes, and many others with little to no experience are sprinkled throughout the field. Today's Kroger 250 should definitely be a battle with the amount of story lines created by the rained out qualifying session. Will Johnny Sauter win his second straight Kroger 250, will Darrell Wallace Jr. repeat at Martinsville, or will another driver take the win in a chaotic race at Martinsville? Depending on the rain, we only have to wait a short time to find out these answers and a whole lot more.
(More Stats Down Below!)





Top 5 Starters:
1st: Darrell Wallace Jr.
2nd: Ryan Blaney
3rd: Timothy Peters
4th: Erik Jones
5th: Ben Kennedy

Notables Not in Top 5:
8th: Ron Hornaday Jr.
10th: Matt Crafton
13th: Ross Chastain
14th: Johnny Sauter
16th: John Wes Townley
18th: Joey Coulter
22nd: Jeb Burton

DNQs: None




Credits:
-Statistics:
http://racing-reference.info/getqualify/2014-02/C
http://www.jayski.com/cts/next/2014/pdfs/cts_02martinsville2014prac1.pdf
-Image:
http://www.autoweek.com/storyimage/CW/20131108/NASCAR03/131109838/AR/0/Wallace-NASCAR-Trucks.jpg