Logano Captures SpongeBob SquarePants 400 Pole

Joey Logano took the pole for the SpongeBob SquarePants 400 at Kansas Speedway. Logano set the pole with a lap at 192.397 mph and in 28.067 seconds in his Team Penske Ford.

“Definitely cool to get another pole,” Logano said. “Last year it took us pretty much the whole year to get one pole,” he said. “We won a lot of first and second sessions, but we’d fall on our face in the third session. So it’s pretty special to be able to figure out these third sessions and still have a lot of speed in our car when we get to those rounds. You don’t get anything for winning the first and second rounds is what I figured out last year.”

Coming close with a very late run was Kasey Kahne. Kahne turned a lap of 191.911 mph/28.138 seconds to take the second spot.

“Our final run was our best run of the day. So, I’m happy with the car and the speed of the car and the engine and the guys for making it better throughout the entire day. I look forward to tomorrow night. It’s going to be an interesting race. I always enjoy racing here at Kansas and we’ll see what we’ve got.”

Keselowski will start third in Saturday night’s race. Failing to make the third round were such notables as six-time champion Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and former champions Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart. The only driver who missed the race was Brendan Gaughan.

Starting Grid for SpongeBob SquarePants 400:

POS.	CAR #	DRIVER	SPONSOR	BEST SPEED	BEST TIME	BEHIND
1	22	Joey Logano	AAA Insurance	192.4	28.067	Leader
2	5	Kasey Kahne	Great Clips	191.91	28.138	0.071
3	2	Brad Keselowski	Avaya	191.86	28.146	0.079
4	78	Martin Truex Jr	Furniture Row/Visser Precision	191.78	28.157	0.09
5	19	Carl Edwards	Stanley	191.58	28.187	0.12
6	4	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John’s/ Budweiser	191.3	28.228	0.161
7	16	Greg Biffle	Cheez-It/Sponge Bob Square Pants Ford Fusion	191.02	28.27	0.203
8	41	Kurt Busch	Haas Automation	190.85	28.294	0.227
9	1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald’s	190.23	28.387	0.32
10	42	Kyle Larson	Target	190.15	28.398	0.331
11	24	Jeff Gordon	American Red Cross	189.9	28.436	0.369
12	18	Erik Jones	M&M’s Red Nose Day	189.54	28.49	0.423
13	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Freight	190.71	28.315	0.248
14	43	Aric Almirola	Farmland	190.69	28.318	0.251
15	31	Ryan Newman	Quicken Loans	190.56	28.338	0.271
16	14	Tony Stewart	Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1	190.51	28.345	0.278
17	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	Nationwide	190.5	28.347	0.28
18	20	Matt Kenseth	Dollar General	190.48	28.35	0.283
19	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe’s	190.28	28.379	0.312
20	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Zest Ford Fusion	190.23	28.387	0.32
21	15	Clint Bowyer	5-Hour Energy	190.19	28.393	0.326
22	27	Paul Menard	Pittsburgh Paints / Menards	190.05	28.414	0.347
23	55	David Ragan	SpongeBob Square Pants Aaron’s Dream Machine	189.76	28.457	0.39
24	13	Casey Mears	Squidward Tentacles Chevrolet SS	189.18	28.545	0.478
25	51	Justin Allgaier	Fraternal Order of Eagles	189.61	28.48	0.413
26	9	Sam Hornish Jr	Medallion Bank	189.43	28.506	0.439
27	10	Danica Patrick	GoDaddy	189.35	28.519	0.452
28	3	Austin Dillon	Dow	189.16	28.547	0.48
29	47	AJ Allmendinger	Dillon’s/SCOTT Products	188.92	28.584	0.517
30	6	Trevor Bayne	Advocare Ford Fusion	188.9	28.586	0.519
31	95	Michael McDowell	WRL / Larry the Lobster	188.9	28.586	0.519
32	33	Ty Dillon	No. 33 Plankton Chevrolet SS	188.82	28.599	0.532
33	26	Jeb Burton	Maxim Fantasy Sports	188.61	28.63	0.563
34	35	Cole Whitt	TBD	187.75	28.762	0.695
35	83	Matt DiBenedetto	Dustless Blasting	187.67	28.774	0.707
36	7	Alex Bowman	Accell Construction	187.56	28.791	0.724
37	23	J.J. Yeley	Dr. Pepper “I’m a Pepper”	186.45	28.962	0.895
38	38	David Gilliland	MDS	186.39	28.971	0.904
39	34	Brett Moffitt	Dockside Logistics	186.36	28.976	0.909
40	98	Josh Wise	Phil Parsons Racing	186.25	28.994	0.927
41	40	Landon Cassill	Carsforsale.com	185.14	29.167	1.1
42	32	Joey Gase	TBA	185.05	29.181	1.114
43	46	Michael Annett	Allstate Peterbilt Group	183.77	29.384	1.317