Kurt Busch wins pole in Texas

Kurt Busch

Kurt Busch took home the Coors Light Pole Award at Texas Motor Speedway for Saturday night's Duck Commander 500 (7:30 p.m. ET, FOX).

Busch's speed of 193.847 mph in the final round of qualifying led him to the pole position for the first night race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The pole was the second of the season for Busch and the 18th of his career.

Joining Busch on the front row, will be his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kevin Harvick. The defending Sprint Cup champion was second on the speed charts in the last of the three-round group qualifying session at the 1.5-mile track after topping the board in the second round.

Row 2 will be comprised of Brad Keselowski and Kasey Kahne, while Row 3 will be made up of Jimmie Johnson and Joey Logano.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. just missed advancing to the second round of group qualifying. He will line up 25th on Saturday night, which is his worst starting position so far this season.

Missing the 43-car field were Jeb Burton and Brendan Gaughan.

Lineup

Pos.	Car #	Driver	Sponsor	Speed	Time	Behind
1	41	Kurt Busch	Haas Automation	193.847	27.857	Leader
2	4	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser / Jimmy John's	193.722	27.875	–0.018
3	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite	193.195	27.951	–0.094
4	5	Kasey Kahne	Great Clips	192.933	27.989	–0.132
5	48	Jimmie Johnson	LOWE'S PRO SERVICES	192.424	28.063	–0.206
6	22	Joey Logano	Shell Pennzoil	192.369	28.071	–0.214
7	31	Ryan Newman	Caterpillar	192.253	28.088	–0.231
8	27	Paul Menard	Quaker State / Menards	192.109	28.109	–0.252
9	42	Kyle Larson	AXE	192.048	28.118	–0.261
10	1	Jamie McMurray	Cessna/McDonald's	191.721	28.166	–0.309
11	14	Tony Stewart	Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1	191.489	28.200	–0.343
12	24	Jeff Gordon	Panasonic	189.547	28.489	–0.632
13	21	Ryan Blaney	Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	192.273	28.085	–0.228
14	3	Austin Dillon	Dow	192.267	28.086	–0.229
15	78	Martin Truex Jr	Furniture Row/Visser Precision	192.232	28.091	–0.234
16	19	Carl Edwards	STANLEY Racing for a Miracle	191.973	28.129	–0.272
17	20	Matt Kenseth	Dollar General	191.918	28.137	–0.280
18	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Office	191.884	28.142	–0.285
19	16	Greg Biffle	Safety-Kleen Ford Fusion	191.768	28.159	–0.302
20	13	Casey Mears	No. 13 GEICO Chevrolet SS	191.421	28.210	–0.353
21	10	Danica Patrick	TaxACT/GoDaddyChevrolet	191.096	28.258	–0.401
22	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Zest Ford Fusion	190.880	28.290	–0.433
23	6	Trevor Bayne	Advocare Ford Fusion	190.523	28.343	–0.486
24	51	Justin Allgaier	Flipping Ships	190.483	28.349	–0.492
25	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr	Nationwide	192.068	28.115	–0.258
26	47	AJ Allmendinger	Bush's Beans	191.966	28.130	–0.273
27	15	Clint Bowyer	5-Hour Energy	191.639	28.178	–0.321
28	46	Michael Annett	Northland Motor Oil	191.530	28.194	–0.337
29	9	Sam Hornish Jr	Medallion Bank/Lyon Financial	191.483	28.201	–0.344
30	18	David Ragan	Interstate Batteries	191.455	28.205	–0.348
31	35	Cole Whitt	Front Row Motorsports	191.367	28.218	–0.361
32	43	Aric Almirola	Eckrich	191.340	28.222	–0.365
33	40	Landon Cassill	CRC Knock'er Loose	191.340	28.222	–0.365
34	7	Alex Bowman	Accell Construction	191.245	28.236	–0.379
35	98	Josh Wise	Phil Parsons Racing	190.988	28.274	–0.417
36	55	Brett Moffitt	Aaron's Dream Machine	190.894	28.288	–0.431
37	32	Mike Bliss	TEXAS TECH	190.362	28.367	–0.510
38	38	David Gilliland	Love's Travel Stops	190.288	28.378	–0.521
39	95	Michael McDowell	Thrivent Financial	190.255	28.383	–0.526
40	34	Chris Buescher	Dockside Logistics	189.361	28.517	–0.660
41	23	J.J. Yeley	Dr. Pepper "I'm a Pepper"	188.673	28.621	–0.764
42	83	Matt DiBenedetto	Burger King	187.774	28.758	–0.901
43	33	Alex Kennedy	Dream Factory	185.746	29.072	–1.215