Carl Edwards took the pole position for Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Kansas Lottery 300. This was Edwards’ 27th pole award in 240 starts in the series. He is third on the all-time pole list and just one away from second, held by the legendary Tommy Ellis.
This is Edwards 6th pole and 27th top-10 start in 2011. Previous to today his best start had been 3rd at Kansas.
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[/media-credit]Pulling the outside front row was the 22 of Brad Keselowski. This will be Brad’s 19th top ten start of 2011 and his second in six races at Kansas. Keselowski’s lap was 31.527 (171.262 mph).
Starting third is Ryan Truex in the Joe Gibbs #20. This is Ryan’s first top 10 start at Kansas and his sixth in his 15 races this season. Truex’s lap was a quick 31.566 trip around the mile and half track.
The NNS field is separated by 1.254 (6.57 mph).
Dennis Setzer, Tim Andrews, Danny O’Quinn, Jennifer Jo Cobb, and Mark Green failed to make the field.
| Starting Lineup | |||||
| Kansas Lottery 300, Kansas Speedway | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/n2s/qual.php?race=30 | |||||
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| Pos. | No. | Driver | Make | Speed | Time |
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| 1 | 60 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 171.521 | 31.483 |
| 2 | 22 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 171.282 | 31.527 |
| 3 | 20 | Ryan Truex* | Toyota | 171.07 | 31.566 |
| 4 | 33 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 170.697 | 31.635 |
| 5 | 11 | Brian Scott | Toyota | 170.342 | 31.701 |
| 6 | 70 | David Stremme | Chevrolet | 170.175 | 31.732 |
| 7 | 88 | Aric Almirola | Chevrolet | 170.132 | 31.74 |
| 8 | 18 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 169.593 | 31.841 |
| 9 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Ford | 169.396 | 31.878 |
| 10 | 38 | Jason Leffler | Chevrolet | 169.231 | 31.909 |
| 11 | 9 | Kenny Wallace | Toyota | 169.141 | 31.926 |
| 12 | 2 | Elliott Sadler | Chevrolet | 169.019 | 31.949 |
| 13 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 168.45 | 32.057 |
| 14 | 32 | Brian Vickers | Chevrolet | 168.361 | 32.074 |
| 15 | 7 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | 168.34 | 32.078 |
| 16 | 66 | Steve Wallace | Toyota | 168.104 | 32.123 |
| 17 | 16 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 167.89 | 32.164 |
| 18 | 81 | Blake Koch* | Dodge | 167.884 | 32.165 |
| 19 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 167.874 | 32.167 |
| 20 | 44 | Jeff Green | Chevrolet | 167.79 | 32.183 |
| 21 | 31 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 167.619 | 32.216 |
| 22 | 103 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | 167.048 | 32.326 |
| 23 | 19 | Mike Bliss | Chevrolet | 167.022 | 32.331 |
| 24 | 182 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | 166.945 | 32.346 |
| 25 | 62 | Michael Annett | Toyota | 166.697 | 32.394 |
| 26 | 146 | Chase Miller | Chevrolet | 166.589 | 32.415 |
| 27 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 166.559 | 32.421 |
| 28 | 30 | James Buescher | Chevrolet | 166.246 | 32.482 |
| 29 | 150 | T.J. Bell | Chevrolet | 166.072 | 32.516 |
| 30 | 147 | Charles Lewandoski* | Chevrolet | 165.975 | 32.535 |
| 31 | 15 | Timmy Hill* | Ford | 165.904 | 32.549 |
| 32 | 1 | Mike Wallace | Chevrolet | 165.883 | 32.553 |
| 33 | 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Chevrolet | 165.827 | 32.564 |
| 34 | 141 | Johnny Chapman | Chevrolet | 165.558 | 32.617 |
| 35 | 171 | Matthew Carter | Ford | 165.492 | 32.63 |
| 36 | 14 | Eric McClure | Chevrolet | 165.365 | 32.655 |
| 37 | 52 | Kevin Lepage | Chevrolet | 165.36 | 32.656 |
| 38 | 175 | Carl Long | Ford | 165.355 | 32.657 |
| 39 | 28 | Derrike Cope | Dodge | 165.239 | 32.68 |
| 40 | 40 | Josh Wise | Chevrolet | 164.634 | 32.8 |
| 41 | 39 | Joey Gase+ | Ford | 164.288 | 32.869 |
| 42 | 23 | Angela Cope+ | Chevrolet | 162.323 | 33.267 |
| 43 | 127 | J.J. Yeley | Ford | 164.951 | 32.737 |
