The other Busch wins a surprise pole in Kansas
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| Kurt Busch |
Penske Racing's Kurt Busch claimed pole position for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas, edging Earnhardt Ganassi's Juan Pablo Montoya.
Montoya was the 4th to qualify and was fastest before Busch came out next and pipped him for pole position for Sunday's 400-miler at Kansas.
"This is a great feeling, especially after yesterday when we spun in practice and had to repair the car with some of the front end damage," said Busch after Penske's second consecutive pole of the season, following Brad Keselowski's at Charlotte last week.
"The way the practice was a struggle for us, no we didn't expect to be in the pole and that early run definitely helped us, it didn't hurt… This is definitely a surprise, we're happy for it. It's been almost a year since we had a pole."
Busch's brother Kyle ended up third for Joe Gibbs Racing.
His teammate Joey Logano – fastest in practice – was fifth ahead of the similar Toyota of Red Bull's Brian Vickers, putting three Camrys in the top five on the grid.
Results
| POS | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
| 1 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | AAA | 174.752 | 30.901 | Leader |
| 2 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 174.154 | 31.007 | -0.106 |
| 3 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's | 174.081 | 31.020 | -0.119 |
| 4 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 173.992 | 31.036 | -0.135 |
| 5 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 173.852 | 31.061 | -0.160 |
| 6 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | McDonald's | 173.706 | 31.087 | -0.186 |
| 7 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Aflac "Now Hiring" | 173.650 | 31.097 | -0.196 |
| 8 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 173.611 | 31.104 | -0.203 |
| 9 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Zecol / Menards | 173.589 | 31.108 | -0.207 |
| 10 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 173.494 | 31.125 | -0.224 |
| 11 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Companies | 173.421 | 31.138 | -0.237 |
| 12 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Haas Automation | 173.388 | 31.144 | -0.243 |
| 13 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | The Glades / Office Depot | 173.360 | 31.149 | -0.248 |
| 14 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M / Walgreens | 173.249 | 31.169 | -0.268 |
| 15 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Freight | 173.193 | 31.179 | -0.278 |
| 16 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 173.099 | 31.196 | -0.295 |
| 17 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | Red Bull | 173.033 | 31.208 | -0.307 |
| 18 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | Farmers Insurance / GoDaddy.com | 172.905 | 31.231 | -0.330 |
| 19 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS "We Love Logistics" | 172.855 | 31.240 | -0.339 |
| 20 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Clorox / Kleenex | 172.772 | 31.255 | -0.354 |
| 21 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Affliction Clothing: Live Fast | 172.756 | 31.258 | -0.357 |
| 22 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger | 172.750 | 31.259 | -0.358 |
| 23 | 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Tums | 172.723 | 31.264 | -0.363 |
| 24 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit | 172.717 | 31.265 | -0.364 |
| 25 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 172.507 | 31.303 | -0.402 |
| 26 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | STP | 172.232 | 31.353 | -0.452 |
| 27 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | American Ethanol | 172.035 | 31.389 | -0.488 |
| 28 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Amp Energy / National Guard | 171.882 | 31.417 | -0.516 |
| 29 | 30 | David Stremme | Chevrolet | Inception Motorsports | 171.876 | 31.418 | -0.517 |
| 30 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Long John Silver's | 171.723 | 31.446 | -0.545 |
| 31 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | 171.576 | 31.473 | -0.572 |
| 32 | 46 | J.J. Yeley | Chevrolet | Red Line Oil | 171.516 | 31.484 | -0.583 |
| 33 | 13 | Casey Mears | Toyota | GEICO | 171.499 | 31.487 | -0.586 |
| 34 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | NEMCO Motorsports | 171.445 | 31.497 | -0.596 |
| 35 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Stanley | 171.249 | 31.533 | -0.632 |
| 36 | 181 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | WhitneysCollision.com | 170.984 | 31.582 | -0.681 |
| 37 | 66 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | Victory Junction | 170.800 | 31.616 | -0.715 |
| 38 | 34 | David Gilliland | Ford | Taco Bell | 170.751 | 31.625 | -0.724 |
| 39 | 71 | Andy Lally* | Ford | TRG Motorsports | 170.589 | 31.655 | -0.754 |
| 40 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier+ | Ford | U.S. Chrome | 169.534 | 31.852 | -0.951 |
| 41 | 7 | Johnny Sauter+ | Dodge | Speed Energy | 168.882 | 31.975 | -1.074 |
| 42 | 36 | Dave Blaney+ | Chevrolet | Accell Construction | 167.843 | 32.173 | -1.272 |
| 43 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | Big Red | 170.063 | 31.753 | -0.852 |
| . | . | Did Not Qualify | . | . | . | . | . |
| 44 | 37 | Tony Raines | Ford | Black Cat Fireworks | 169.705 | 31.820 | -0.919 |
| 45 | 150 | T.J. Bell | Toyota | Green Smoke | 169.566 | 31.846 | -0.945 |
+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie