NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points leader Brendan Gaughan continued his hot qualifying streak at Big Daddy's South Boston Speedway Saturday as he won the Bud Pole for the John Boy & Billy 250 with a record average speed of 92.480. The pole was Gaughan's first on a short track and third in succession. The Las Vegas competitor, driving the Orleans Hotel Dodge, is the first driver to three-peat in the No. 1 spot since Jason Leffler tripled at Kansas, Kentucky and New Hampshire International speedways in July 2002. Gaughan's hot streak - on Bud Poles at California and Las Vegas Motor speedways, culminated in a second place and a victory - running his championship lead to 72 points over Travis Kvapil entering the season's 21st of 25 races.

Kvapil didn't fare badly in qualifying - putting the defending race winner on the outside second row. Kvapil's IWX Motor Freight Chevrolet, wheeled a year ago by champion Mike Bliss, qualified at a speed of 92.587. Kvapil was one of five drivers to qualify under Jack Sprague's 2001 one-lap record of 92.243.

Virginian Jon Wood was second fastest in the Bob Graham for President Ford, at a speed of 92.754. Wood held the provisional pole for much of the session, until being ousted by Gaughan.

Ted Musgrave, who sat on the pole at the .4-mile speedway a year ago, rebounded from a practice accident to grab the No. 3 spot in the Mopar Performance Dodge. Musgrave, without a practice lap following his crew's more than three-hour repair job, qualified at 92.628. Dennis Setzer, the race's second-place finisher in 2001-02, qualified fifth in the ACXIOM/Computer Associates Chevrolet at 92.426.

All 36 teams which made attempts qualified for today's 250-lap race, set to begin at 4:30 p.m. ET on SPEED Channel, the affiliates of MRN and XM Satellite Radio. The qualifying order:

1. (62) Brendan Gaughan, Dodge, 93.252 mph. 2. (50) Jon Wood, Ford, 92.754 mph. 3. (1) Ted Musgrave, Dodge, 92.628 mph. 4. (16) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 92.587 mph. 5. (46) Dennis Setzer, Chevrolet, 92.426 mph. 6. (99) Carl Edwards #, Ford, 92.107 mph. 7. (4) Bobby Hamilton, Dodge, 91.978 mph. 8. (07) Bobby Dotter, Chevrolet, 91.878 mph. 9. (88) Matt Crafton, Chevrolet, 91.743 mph. 10. (14) Rick Crawford, Ford, 91.568 mph. 11. (78) Charlie Bradberry, Chevrolet, 91.562 mph. 12. (59) Robert Pressley, Dodge, 91.498 mph. 13. (75) David Starr, Chevrolet, 91.434 mph. 14. (2) Andy Houston, Dodge, 91.347 mph. 15. (29) Terry Cook, Ford, 91.180 mph. 16. (18) Chad Chaffin, Dodge, 91.180 mph. 17. (7) Stuart Kirby, Dodge, 91.168 mph. 18. (01) Lance Hooper, Ford, 91.093 mph. 19. (15) Rich Bickle, Ford, 91.053 mph. 20. (72) Randy MacDonald, Chevrolet, 90.886 mph. 21. (68) Jay Godley, Chevrolet, 90.863 mph. 22. (11) Clay Brown, Chevrolet, 90.812 mph. 23. (84) Nick Woodward, Ford, 90.629 mph. 24. (8) Bill Lester, Dodge, 90.492 mph. 25. (82) Gilbert King, Chevrolet, 90.447 mph. 26. (93) Roland Isaacs, Chevrolet, 89.430 mph. 27. (00) Ryan McGlynn, Chevrolet, 89.341 mph. 28. (23) Jamie Aube, Chevrolet, 89.192 mph. 29. (33) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 88.829 mph. 30. (86) Phil Bonifield, Chevrolet, 88.143 mph. 31. (31) Tommy Pistone III, Ford, 87.977 mph. 32. (13) Ron Polodna, Chevrolet, 87.597 mph. 33. (08) Jody Lavender #, Chevrolet, Provisional. 34. (5) Jerry Hill, Dodge, Provisional. 35. (73) Craig Wood, Chevrolet, 84.368 mph. 36. (47) Scott Sands, Ford, 82.319 mph. 1 drivers failed to qualify. 37. (51) Randy Briggs #, Dodge,