Johnny Sauter scores pole for WinStar World Casino 400 at Texas Motor Speedway

Credit: Debbie Ross/Skirts and Scuffs

He's not sure if it's the track or his grandma's chicken and dumplings, but Johnny Sauter loves Texas Motor Speedway. He's won the last two Camping World Truck races at the Great American Speedway and he added a pole to that tally. His lap of 180.222 mph bested Ty Dillon by .073 seconds.

Sauter has five poles in his Truck career and two of them are at TMS. Two of his eight career wins are at the mile-and-a-half oval and he's looking to make it three in a row.

Dillon wants to knock Sauter's name off the banner in victory lane and thinks the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevy is the truck to do it. 

Starting third will be rookie Jeb Burton, who was disappointed over his run. 

"You can't win them all," Dillon told him. 

Four-time Texas winner Brendan Gaughan lines up fourth and Miguel Paludo completes the top five.

Here's the full lineup. Note that only 32 trucks made the trip to Texas rather than the usual 36. 

1. Johnny Sauter

2. Ty Dillon

3. Jeb Burton

4. Brendan Gaughan

5. Miguel Paludo

6. Ryan Blaney

7. Timothy Peters

8. Matt Crafton

9. Ron Hornaday Jr.

10. Ross Chastain

11. Joey Coulter

12. John Wes Townley

13. German Quiroga

14. Max Gresham

15. Ryan Sieg

16. Darrell Wallace Jr

17. Dakoda Armstrong

18. James Buescher

19. Tim George Jr.

20. Brennan Newberry

21. Chad Hackenbracht

22. Todd Bodine

23. Tyler Young

24. David Starr

25. Danny Efland

26. Chris Cockrum

27. Chris Jones

28. Johnny Chapman

29. Norm Benning

30. Jennifer Jo Cobb

31. Chris Lafferty

32. Justin Jennings

The WinStar World Casino 400 is scheduled for 8 p.m. Central Friday night.