Overview

• Riggs topped qualifying with a 29.323-second, 167.705 mph lap, securing his second pole of 2025.
• Chandler Smith will start second, with regular-season champion Corey Heim and Grant Enfinger on row two.
• Playoff drivers swept the top five starters, with Kaden Honeycutt fifth and Giovanni Ruggiero the best non-playoff qualifier in sixth.
• Two playoff entrants start outside the top 10, with Rajah Caruth 11th and Jake Garcia 13th.
• The Sober or Slammer 200 on Saturday opens the postseason, and Riggs emphasized minimizing mistakes at the demanding Darlington track.