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[/media-credit]Carl Edwards captured the pole for Friday night’s Nationwide Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway with a lap of 178.938 MPH (30.178 secs) for the third time this season.
Brad Keselowski qualified second, Elliott Sadler third, series points leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr. fourth and Paul Menard qualified fifth.
Qualifying Results
O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, Texas Motor Speedway
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Pos. Driver Speed
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1 Carl Edwards 178.938
2 Brad Keselowski 178.743
3 Elliott Sadler 178.554
4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 178.489
5 Paul Menard 178.3
6 Trevor Bayne 177.86
7 Joey Logano 177.848
8 Kyle Busch 177.55
9 Kasey Kahne 177.096
10 Aric Almirola 176.765
11 Justin Allgaier 176.678
12 Reed Sorenson 176.655
13 Brian Scott 176.586
14 David Reutimann 176.303
15 Jason Leffler 175.787
16 Sam Hornish Jr. 175.439
17 Josh Wise 175.308
18 Michael Annett 175.273
19 David Starr 174.497
20 Blake Koch* 174.323
21 Tim Andrews 173.796
22 Kenny Wallace 173.779
23 Joe Nemechek 173.539
24 Steve Wallace 173.316
25 Scott Wimmer 173.316
26 Carl Long 173.049
27 Shelby Howard 172.861
28 J.J. Yeley 172.828
29 Mike Wallace 172.59
30 Jeremy Clements 172.436
31 Dennis Setzer 172.414
32 Jeff Green 172.035
33 Matthew Carter 171.87
34 Danny O’Quinn Jr. 171.554
35 Kevin Lepage 171.532
36 Mike Bliss 171.456
37 Jennifer Jo Cobb* 171.108
38 Timmy Hill* 170.584
39 Tim Schendel 170.352
40 Derrike Cope 170.234
41 Eric McClure 170.181
42 Robert Richardson Jr. 169.891
43 Brett Rowe 169.364
44 Morgan Shepherd 167.984
