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[/media-credit]Kasey Kahne broke the track record in qualifying on Friday at the newly repaved Kansas Speedway. Kahne captured the pole with a lap of 191.360 mph for Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400.
“Our Farmers Insurance Chevrolet was awesome right there. It was great. I tried to get a little…I went into three, and felt like I could go wide open. So I went back to wide open, and then I started just chattering a little bit. So, I eased off the throttle and back down.” Kahne said.
Mark Martin qualified second with a lap of 191.238 mph, Clint Bowyer third, Kyle Busch fourth and Aric Almirola qualified fifth.
“The race track has got a lot of grip, but my car was kind of a handful there, and that’s entirely too long to go holding your breath. I’m used to only having to do it for one lap, so that was a long time.” Martin said.
Jimmie Johnson qualified seventh and points leader Brad Keselowski qualified 25th.
“We had a very solid lap with my Lowe’s Chevrolet. I think we are going to be strong on Sunday. We’ve been here so many days, I can’t figure out what day we are on, but we’re on
Friday, so come Sunday we’ll be great.” Johnson said.
Subbing for Dale Earnhardt Jr., Regan Smith qualified 40th.
| Starting Lineup | |||||
| Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Cup/qual.php?race=32 | |||||
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| Pos. | No. | Driver | Make | Speed | Time |
| =========================================== | |||||
| 1 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | 191.36 | 28.219 |
| 2 | 55 | Mark Martin | Toyota | 191.238 | 28.237 |
| 3 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 191.13 | 28.253 |
| 4 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 191.096 | 28.258 |
| 5 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 190.988 | 28.274 |
| 6 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 190.853 | 28.294 |
| 7 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 190.84 | 28.296 |
| 8 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 190.813 | 28.3 |
| 9 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 190.718 | 28.314 |
| 10 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 190.409 | 28.36 |
| 11 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 190.389 | 28.363 |
| 12 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 190.376 | 28.365 |
| 13 | 51 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 190.154 | 28.398 |
| 14 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 190.134 | 28.401 |
| 15 | 22 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | 190.094 | 28.407 |
| 16 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 189.94 | 28.43 |
| 17 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 189.913 | 28.434 |
| 18 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 189.827 | 28.447 |
| 19 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 189.52 | 28.493 |
| 20 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | 189.367 | 28.516 |
| 21 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 189.268 | 28.531 |
| 22 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 189.268 | 28.531 |
| 23 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 189.261 | 28.532 |
| 24 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | 188.851 | 28.594 |
| 25 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 188.772 | 28.606 |
| 26 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | 188.646 | 28.625 |
| 27 | 37 | J.J. Yeley | Chevrolet | 188.633 | 28.627 |
| 28 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | 188.6 | 28.632 |
| 29 | 78 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 188.37 | 28.667 |
| 30 | 119 | Mike Bliss | Toyota | 188.173 | 28.697 |
| 31 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | Toyota | 188.147 | 28.701 |
| 32 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 188.055 | 28.715 |
| 33 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 187.859 | 28.745 |
| 34 | 191 | Reed Sorenson | Toyota | 187.761 | 28.76 |
| 35 | 195 | Scott Speed | Ford | 187.748 | 28.762 |
| 36 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 187.578 | 28.788 |
| 37 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | 187.474 | 28.804 |
| 38 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | 187.234 | 28.841 |
| 39 | 88 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | 187.182 | 28.849 |
| 40 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | 186.896 | 28.893 |
| 41 | 36 | Dave Blaney+ | Chevrolet | 183.773 | 29.384 |
| 42 | 32 | Timmy Hill+ | Ford | 183.624 | 29.408 |
| 43 | 179 | Kelly Bires | Ford | 187.285 | 28.833 |
