Heading into Friday afternoon, no team outside of Richard Childress Racing had captured a pole position at Talladega Superspeedway in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series since the start of the 2022 season. That streak remained intact, as Jesse Love captured the eighth consecutive pole position for RCR at the 2.66-mile superspeedway. Love's pole-winning run came on the strength of a 52.525-second (182.313 mph) lap time in the final round of Friday's qualifying session for Saturday's Ag-Pro 300. The driver of the No. 2 Whelen Engineering Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet was able to top Sam Mayer for the top qualifying spot by 0.042 seconds. Corey Day, the phenomenal developmental talent for Hendrick Motorsports, continued his solid start to the 2026 season with a third-place qualifying run, and Josh Williams opened up some eyes with a fourth-place effort behind the wheel of the No. 92 DGM Racing Chevrolet.…