Kurt Busch wins pole at Texas
Kurt Busch is starting first at Texas again.
Busch won the pole for the November race at the 1.5-mile track and, thanks to some help from lightning, got the pole for Sunday’s race during Friday’s shortened qualifying session. Busch posted the fastest speed in the first round of qualifying and that ended up being the only round contested thanks to storms in the vicinity.
NASCAR canceled the rest of qualifying at approximately 5:45 p.m. local time, about an hour after the session began.
Busch leads a brigade of Fords up front. His Stewart-Haas teammates Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer will start second and third while Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney will start fourth. Denny Hamlin is the first Toyota driver in fifth and Jimmie Johnson is the first Chevrolet driver in ninth.
Here’s how they’ll line up for Sunday’s 500-mile race.
1. Kurt Busch
2. Kevin Harvick
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Ryan Blaney
5. Denny Hamlin
6. Martin Truex Jr.
7. Joey Logano
8. Kyle Busch
9. Jimmie Johnson
10. Kyle Larson
11. Brad Keselowski
12. Aric Almirola
13. Trevor Bayne
14. Daniel Suarez
15. Darrell Wallace Jr.
16. Alex Bowman
17. Austin Dillon
18. Chris Buescher
19. Paul Menard
20. Chase Elliott
21. Erik Jones
22. AJ Allmendinger
23. Ty Dillon
24. Jamie McMurray
25. Ryan Newman
26. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
27. Michael McDowell
28. Kasey Kahne
29. David Ragan
30. Matt DiBenedetto
31. Ross Chastain
32. Gray Gaulding
33. William Byron (will start at back due to engine change)
34. Cole Whitt
35. Landon Cassill
36. Harrison Rhodes
37. Reed Sorenson
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Nick Bromberg is a writer for Yahoo Sports.
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