Ronnie Bassett, Jr. Scores Commanding Pole for 2024 New Year's Bash

Ronnie Bassett, Jr. has completely blown the doors off his competition during qualifying for the 2024 New Year's Bash at Dillon Motor Speedway.

The 28-year-old driver, who throughout his career has made appearances in divisions as high as the NASCAR Xfinity Series, posted a time of 17.870 seconds, scoring the pole for Sunday's 100-lap Street Stock feature event.

Ricky Locklair, No. 12, qualified in the runner-up position for Sunday's event, posting a lap time that clocked in 0.222 seconds behind the polesitter, a delta that would cover from second to ninth place in the qualifying results.

Chris Buffone was the third-quickest driver in Saturday's single-vehicle qualifying session, while Austin Somero (fourth) and Alby Ovitt (fifth) rounded out the top five.

Alex Weber slotted into sixth place on the timesheet, with Jeff Sparks, Tommy O'Sullivan, Gary Ledbetter, and Kyle Lynch occupying the top-10 positions of the 36 entries that posted a time around the 4/10-mile oval.

Maxx Porter, Chris Riendeau, Josh Sage, Joel Pontbriand, Adam Gray, Cody Demarmels, Corey Flanning, David Thomas, Joshua Way, and Josh Way each earned their way into the New Year's Bash, by posting a top-20 qualifying time.

Adam Cartwright and Mike Cooper -- the 21st and 22nd-fastest drivers in qualifying -- will lead the remainder of the drivers not yet locked into the 100-lap feature event to the green in the Last Chance Qualifier.

Darrin Wilson, piloting the No. 14, was the slowest of the drivers to tackle Dillon Motor Speedway for qualifying on Saturday, after he broke loose of the final corner and went for a slide down the frontstretch.

Qualifying Results: 2024 New Year's Bash