Corey Day, driving Kyle Busch's truck, to start NASCAR Truck race at Charlotte from pole

Driving a truck with Kyle Busch's name on it for a team in Spire Motorsports that races out of the former Kyle Busch Motorsports building, Corey Day will lead the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series field to the green flag in Friday's North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. 

Truck Series practice and qualifying were both rained out at CMS on Friday, leaving the starting lineup to be set by the rulebook. Fittingly, Day, who is driving the Spire Motorsports truck Busch was set to drive before his death at age 41 on Thursday, won the pole. 

However unfortunate it is that the first on-track activity of the race weekend at Charlotte was impacted by weather, perhaps some solace can be found in the fact that the truck Busch won one week ago at Dover will lead the field to green on Friday. 

Notable starters

Layne Riggs will start the race on the front row beside Day, with series points leader Kaden Honeycutt, Ty Majeski and Brandon Jones rounding out the top five. Leland Honeyman Jr., Christian Eckes, Chandler Smith, Jake Garcia and Corey LaJoie complete the top 10 starters.