The pole victory was Hornaday Jr.'s second of the season and 16th of his truck career.

Starting alongside Hornaday Jr. will be Chad McCumbee, who posted a time of 31.725 seconds.

Jack Sprague (31.802) and Bobby East (31.915) will make up row two.

With his scheduled filled to the brim, Craftsman Truck Series points leader Kyle Busch will be forced to skip this week's truck event at the Kansas Speedway.

"With Kyle's schedule at Joe Gibbs Racing this weekend, there was no way he could make the race in Kansas," owner Billy Ballew said. "We looked at all the scenarios but it just wasn't feasible."

Driving the No.51 Billy Ballew Toyota will be Shane Sieg, who has a high standard to maintain. Busch leads the series with 645 points in four races, two of which he won and he came in third in another.

"It's a great opportunity to get back behind the wheel," said Sieg, who will start 16th. "I know I have big shoes to fill but I just want to bring a good finish home to keep Billy as the team owner point leader."

Todd Bodine is ready to take advantage of Busch's absence and by earning just 36 points can take over sole possession of first place in the standings. Of course he must also stay ahead of defending series champion Ron Hornaday Jr., who is just 30 points behind Bodine, Dennis Setzer, who is just 32 points back and Rick Crawford who is 34 markers behind.

The race is set to drop the green flag to at 6 p.m. (et).