Josh Berry and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Mustang Dark Horse are set to start 29th in Sunday’s Grant Park 165, which will be contested on the 2.2-mile, 12-turn course through the streets of Chicago. Berry took that spot with lap at 86.416 miles per hour on the second of three laps he ran during qualifying on Saturday afternoon.
That represented a significant increase in speed from practice earlier in the day.
Among drivers who ran 10 consecutive green flag laps, Berry was 10th fastest, averaging 83.511 mph from the second through the 11thlap he ran.
Sunday’s 75-lap, 165-mile race is scheduled to get the green flag at 1 p.m. local time (2 p.m. Eastern) with Stage breaks planned for Laps 20 and 45.
TNT will carry the TV coverage.