Biggest takeaways from NASCAR Truck Series qualifying at EchoPark Speedway

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series qualified on Friday for Saturday's Fr8 208 at EchoPark Speedway (1:30 p.m. ET, FS1, NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Here are the three biggest takeaways from Friday's qualifying session. 

ThorSport dominates

Not only did ThorSport Racing drivers Jake Garcia and Ben Rhodes lock out the front row, but the team's other two drivers, Cole Butcher and Ty Majeski, qualified sixth and seventh, respectively. All four ThorSport trucks will start up front and be able to work together early in the race, putting them in an excellent position to get points at the end of Stage 1. 

Qualifying at drafting tracks is not of particularly great importance given how quickly a driver can rise and fall through the running order, but if ThorSport plays its cards right, it can exercise a great deal of control over Saturday's race.

RAM struggles to find speed again

It's not shocking that RAM, in just its second week of its return to the NASCAR Truck Series, is struggling to find speed in qualifying. But all five Kaulig RAM entries qualified 25th or worse. 

There's plenty of time for the five RAM trucks to make up ground on Saturday afternoon, but they had better hope they're quicker in race trim than in qualifying.

Adam Andretti takes to Truck racing quickly

Andretti, 46, is the son of Aldo Andretti and the nephew of legendary race driver Mario Andretti. He'll make his NASCAR Truck Series debut at EchoPark Speedway on Saturday.

On Friday, in his first on-track Truck Series session, Andretti qualified eighth. He's in a fast truck, driving the No. 5 Toyota Tundra for TRICON Garage, but he clearly didn't need much time to acclimate to a new racing discipline on Friday afternoon.