Kyle Busch wins pole for Brickyard 400

Kyle Busch

Defending race-winner Kyle Busch topped the leaderboard in Saturday's Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Award qualifying at Indianapolis Motor Speedway at 184.634 mph in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

Right behind him was Carl Edwards in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at 184.547 mph.

Rounding out the top five were Tony Stewart (No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet), Denny Hamlin (No. 11 JGR Toyota) and Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Team Penske Ford.)

Series points leader Kevin Harvick was seventh-fastest with a speed of 182.852 mph in the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet.

Four-time Brickyard champion Jimmie Johnson failed to make the final round of qualifying and will line up 13th. Johnson's teammate Jeff Gordon , filling in for Dale Earnhardt Jr. this weekend in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, also did not make it into the final round and will start 21st.

Jose Wise failed to qualify for the race in a field of 41 cars.

Drivers will strap in again Sunday for the Crown Royal Presents The Combat Wounded Coalition 400 at the Brickyard (3 p.m. ET, NBCSN, IMS, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Lineup

POS.	CAR #	DRIVER	SPONSOR	SPEED	TIME	BEHIND
1	18	Kyle Busch	Skittles	184.634	48.745	Leader
2	19	Carl Edwards	Stanley	184.547	48.768	–0.023
3	14	Tony Stewart	Mobil 1 / Chevy Summer Sell Down Chevrolet	184.328	48.826	–0.081
4	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express	184.079	48.892	–0.147
5	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite	183.591	49.022	–0.277
6	31	Ryan Newman	Grainger	183.202	49.126	–0.381
7	4	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John's Chevrolet SS	182.852	49.220	–0.475
8	78	Martin Truex Jr	Auto-Owners Insurance	182.500	49.315	–0.570
9	1	Jamie McMurray	McDonald's	182.463	49.325	–0.580
10	42	Kyle Larson	Energizer	182.386	49.346	–0.601
11	41	Kurt Busch	Haas Automation / Monster Energy Chevrolet SS	182.349	49.356	–0.611
12	3	Austin Dillon	Dow / Mycogen	182.286	49.373	–0.628
13	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's Red Vest	183.554	49.032	–0.287
14	22	Joey Logano	Shell Pennzoil	183.273	49.107	–0.362
15	24	Chase Elliott	NAPA Auto Parts	183.068	49.162	–0.417
16	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	SunnyD Ford Fusion	183.020	49.175	–0.430
17	21	Ryan Blaney	Quick Lane / Motorcraft	182.823	49.228	–0.483
18	20	Matt Kenseth	Dollar General	182.223	49.390	–0.645
19	16	Greg Biffle	Performance Plus Motor Oil Ford Fusion	182.057	49.435	–0.690
20	6	Trevor Bayne	Advocare Ford Fusion	181.980	49.456	–0.711
21	88	Jeff Gordon	Axalta	181.851	49.491	–0.746
22	34	Chris Buescher	Dockside Logistics	181.265	49.651	–0.906
23	27	Paul Menard	Valvoline / Menards	181.196	49.670	–0.925
24	10	Danica Patrick	Nature’s Bakery Chevrolet SS	180.058	49.984	–1.239
25	47	AJ Allmendinger	Kroger / Kingsford	183.169	49.135	–0.390
26	5	Kasey Kahne	Farmers Insurance	183.109	49.151	–0.406
27	95	Michael McDowell	Thrivent Financial	182.819	49.229	–0.484
28	23	David Ragan	Brandeis Machinery	182.400	49.342	–0.597
29	43	Aric Almirola	Smithfield	182.219	49.391	–0.646
30	83	Matt DiBenedetto	ScienceLogic	182.083	49.428	–0.683
31	15	Clint Bowyer	AccuDoc Solutions	181.932	49.469	–0.724
32	44	Brian Scott	Medallion Bank	181.690	49.535	–0.790
33	38	Landon Cassill	Snap Fitness	181.342	49.630	–0.885
34	13	Casey Mears	GEICO	180.792	49.781	–1.036
35	98	Cole Whitt	Speed Stick	179.651	50.097	–1.352
36	93	Ryan Ellis	ScienceLogic	179.019	50.274	–1.529
37	7	Regan Smith	Nikko RC / Toy State Chevrolet	178.356	50.461	–1.716
38	46	Michael Annett	Allstate Peterbilt Group	177.978	50.568	–1.823
39	55	Reed Sorenson	TBD	176.180	51.084	–2.339
40	32	Patrick Carpentier	Can-Am / Kappa	174.027	51.716	–2.971

[adinserter name="GOOGLE AD"]