Kyle Busch captured the Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) Food City 500 Coors Light Pole Award with a lap of 129.535 mph, 14.813 seconds at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday. The qualifying lap also broke the previous track record of 128.995 mph, held by Ryan Newman (2003).
This was Busch’s first pole of the season and the 11th of his NSCS career and his first NSCS pole at Bristol in 17 starts.
“I’ve never sat on a pole here at Bristol and qualifying is not everything here. Most of my wins come from about 30th or worse, but I think we’ve got a plan for tomorrow which is good to get ourselves a little bit better in race trim. Qualifying trim on this M&M’s Camry right now — so far, so good.” Busch said.
Kasey Kahne qualified second, Denny Hamlin third, Brian Vickers fourth and Paul Menard qualified fifth.
“Yeah, the car felt really good. I knew Kyle (Busch, pole-winner) had put down a great lap and a track record. So I knew I had to go pretty hard. I just felt like I may have given up a little bit in (Turns) 1 and 2, which would have made it really close for the pole.” Kahne said.
| Starting Lineup | |||||
| Food City 500, Bristol Motor Speedway | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/cup/qual.php?race=4 | |||||
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| Pos. | No. | Driver | Make | Speed | Time |
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| 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 129.535 | 14.813 |
| 2 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | 128.995 | 14.875 |
| 3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 128.96 | 14.879 |
| 4 | 55 | Brian Vickers(i) | Toyota | 128.528 | 14.929 |
| 5 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 128.356 | 14.949 |
| 6 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 128.288 | 14.957 |
| 7 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 128.211 | 14.966 |
| 8 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 128.005 | 14.99 |
| 9 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 127.946 | 14.997 |
| 10 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 127.877 | 15.005 |
| 11 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 127.869 | 15.006 |
| 12 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Toyota | 127.852 | 15.008 |
| 13 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 127.835 | 15.01 |
| 14 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | 127.792 | 15.015 |
| 15 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | 127.588 | 15.039 |
| 16 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | 127.512 | 15.048 |
| 17 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chevrolet | 127.47 | 15.053 |
| 18 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 127.453 | 15.055 |
| 19 | 78 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 127.393 | 15.062 |
| 20 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 127.377 | 15.064 |
| 21 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 127.36 | 15.066 |
| 22 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 127.36 | 15.066 |
| 23 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 127.3 | 15.073 |
| 24 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 127.258 | 15.078 |
| 25 | 83 | David Reutimann | Toyota | 127.132 | 15.093 |
| 26 | 30 | David Stremme | Toyota | 126.595 | 15.157 |
| 27 | 95 | Scott Speed | Ford | 126.578 | 15.159 |
| 28 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # | Ford | 126.528 | 15.165 |
| 29 | 51 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 126.42 | 15.178 |
| 30 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | 126.403 | 15.18 |
| 31 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 126.237 | 15.2 |
| 32 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | 125.947 | 15.235 |
| 33 | 7 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | 125.848 | 15.247 |
| 34 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 125.74 | 15.26 |
| 35 | 36 | JJ Yeley | Chevrolet | 125.732 | 15.261 |
| 36 | 19 | Mike Bliss(i) | Toyota | 125.708 | 15.264 |
| 37 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | Toyota | 125.142 | Owner Points |
| 38 | 87 | Joe Nemechek(i) | Toyota | 124.897 | Owner Points |
| 39 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 124.743 | Owner Points |
| 40 | 35 | Josh Wise(i) | Ford | 124.711 | Owner Points |
| 41 | 10 | Danica Patrick # | Chevrolet | 124.638 | Owner Points |
| 42 | 33 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 124.379 | Owner Points |
| 43 | 32 | Terry Labonte | Ford | 123.316 | Owner Points |
