Kurt Busch wins pole in Michigan
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| Kurt Busch sits calmly on the pit lane wall |
| Mark Scheuern/AR1.com |
Kurt Busch is on the pole for Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway.
Busch posted an average speed of 189.984 mph around the 2-mile oval during Friday's qualifying. Jamie McMurray will start second and Jimmie Johnson will start third in the 400-mile race.
The pole is Busch's second of the year and 12th of his career. He's a two-time winner at Michigan, having captured the checkered flag at the track in 2003 and 2007.
Busch already has wins at Atlanta and Charlotte this year and is fifth in points with 12 races remaining until NASCAR's playoffs begin.
Michael Waltrip, Johnny Sauter and Kevin Conway failed to qualify for the 43-car field.
Results
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CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
| 1 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Miller Lite | 189.984 | 37.898 | Leader |
| 2 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | GE Reveal | 189.788 | 37.937 | -0.039 |
| 3 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | 189.668 | 37.961 | -0.063 |
| 4 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Ford | Budweiser | 189.623 | 37.970 | -0.072 |
| 5 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 189.474 | 38.000 | -0.102 |
| 6 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | National Guard Job Skills / DuPont | 189.359 | 38.023 | -0.125 |
| 7 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Ground | 189.145 | 38.066 | -0.168 |
| 8 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | 189.051 | 38.085 | -0.187 |
| 9 | 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 188.907 | 38.114 | -0.216 |
| 10 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 188.654 | 38.165 | -0.267 |
| 11 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Ford | Stanley | 188.521 | 38.192 | -0.294 |
| 12 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 188.314 | 38.234 | -0.336 |
| 13 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 188.309 | 38.235 | -0.337 |
| 14 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS | 188.270 | 38.243 | -0.345 |
| 15 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's Pretzel | 188.245 | 38.248 | -0.350 |
| 16 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | 188.245 | 38.248 | -0.350 |
| 17 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Old Spice / Office Depot | 188.221 | 38.253 | -0.355 |
| 18 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | Mobil 1 | 187.867 | 38.325 | -0.427 |
| 19 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Aflac | 187.813 | 38.336 | -0.438 |
| 20 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Toyota | Robby Gordon Motorsports | 187.642 | 38.371 | -0.473 |
| 21 | 98 | Paul Menard | Ford | Sylvania / Menards | 187.603 | 38.379 | -0.481 |
| 22 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | 187.603 | 38.379 | -0.481 |
| 23 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Companies | 187.593 | 38.381 | -0.483 |
| 24 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | Toyota | Clorox / Kleenex | 187.529 | 38.394 | -0.496 |
| 25 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper | 187.480 | 38.404 | -0.506 |
| 26 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | Insignia / Best Buy | 187.436 | 38.413 | -0.515 |
| 27 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Amp Energy / National Guard | 187.393 | 38.422 | -0.524 |
| 28 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Ford | FordParts.com | 187.251 | 38.451 | -0.553 |
| 29 | 82 | Scott Speed | Toyota | Red Bull | 187.246 | 38.452 | -0.554 |
| 30 | 71 | Bobby Labonte | Chevrolet | TRG Motorsports | 186.848 | 38.534 | -0.636 |
| 31 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Shell / Pennzoil | 186.615 | 38.582 | -0.684 |
| 32 | 83 | Casey Mears | Toyota | Red Bull | 186.398 | 38.627 | -0.729 |
| 33 | 12 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Penske Racing | 186.292 | 38.649 | -0.751 |
| 34 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Long John Silver's Ice Flow Lemonade | 186.191 | 38.670 | -0.772 |
| 35 | 09 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | Phoenix Racing | 186.090 | 38.691 | -0.793 |
| 36 | 37 | David Gilliland | Ford | Taco Bell | 185.946 | 38.721 | -0.823 |
| 37 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | FrontRowJoe.com | 185.922 | 38.726 | -0.828 |
| 38 | 13 | Max Papis | Toyota | GEICO | 185.821 | 38.747 | -0.849 |
| 39 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Crown Royal Black | 185.538 | 38.806 | -0.908 |
| 40 | 46 | J.J. Yeley | Dodge | Jake Owen Raborn Foundation | 185.209 | 38.875 | -0.977 |
| 41 | 164 | Todd Bodine | Toyota | Gunselman Motorsports | 184.914 | 38.937 | -1.039 |
| 42 | 34 | Kevin Conway+* | Ford | Extenze | 183.271 | 39.286 | -1.388 |
| 43 | 26 | David Stremme | Ford | Air National Guard | 184.862 | 38.948 | -1.050 |
| Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| 44 | 66 | Dave Blaney | Toyota | Prism Motorsports | 184.426 | 39.040 | -1.142 |
| 45 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Toyota | Prism Motorsports | 183.519 | 39.233 | -1.335 |
| 46 | 36 | Johnny Sauter | Chevrolet | Tommy Baldwin Racing | 182.500 | 39.452 | -1.554 |