Driver of the No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota, Kyle Busch, wins his ninth NASCAR Nationwide Series pole award this season at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Busch is no stranger to doing well in the Nationwide Series with ten wins this season, including eighteen top-5 and nineteen top-10 finishes leading a total of 4,027 laps.
The Coors Light Pole Award for the 32nd Annual Dollar General 300 is Busch’s first pole award in 21 races at Charlotte. Working toward his first career win at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Kyle commented on the possibility of winning this weekend. He said, “It would certainly be nice to get a win here whether it’s Nationwide or Cup and especially Cup — we haven’t done that yet here. It’s been a track where we’ve been really good at over the years and I think the most important thing is that if we can get a win here, then that sets the tone that we are back in the thick of things.”
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford, will be starting in second position with a qualifying lap of only 0.004 seconds behind Kyle Busch. Logano is one of four drivers that have driven the No. 22 Ford in 2013, with all four drivers contributing to the impressive eleven wins posted by the team this season.
The combination of wins from the No. 54 team and the No. 22 team total twenty-one out of the twenty-nine races run so far this season in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
The NASCAR Nationwide Series points battle comes into play in qualifying positions three, four, and five with Sam Hornish Jr., Austin Dillon, and Regan Smith.
Sam Hornish Jr. qualified in third position posting his sixth top-10 start at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and his twenty-fourth top-10 start in thirty races this season.
Going into tonight’s race, Hornish is only eight points behind the points leader, Austin Dillon. Dillon, driver of the No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet, qualified in fourth position with a qualifying lap of 182.704 mph.
JR Motorsports driver, Regan Smith, is currently sitting thirty-five points behind Dillon in the Nationwide Series points standings. Smith qualified in fifth position in the No. 7 Goody’s Headache Relief Shot Chevrolet.
Driver of the No. 99 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Toyota, Alex Bowman, qualified in sixth position as the fastest qualifying rookie.
Trevor Bayne, Kyle Larson, Brain Vickers, and Kevin Harvick round out the top-10 positions for tonight’s 32nd Annual Dollar General 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
