NASCAR notebook: Ross Chastain earns pole at Nashville

LEBANON, Tenn. -- Ross Chastain smiled and conceded that he had no idea how having the No. 1 pit box selection would be for Sunday's Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway.

"I'd never had it before," he said.

Chastain certainly earned it with honors on Saturday, claiming the Busch Light Pole in the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet with a blazing fast 160.687 mph lap in qualifying -- a full 1 mph bet