FEEDSKurt Busch On The Pole At Las Vegas – Shatters Kyle’s Record – Line Up
Kurt Busch grabbed his first pole today at his home track Las Vegas Motor Speedway and in the process he shattered his younger brothers track record.
Kyle Busch held the previous track record of 185.995 mph and Kurt Busch turned a lap of 188.719 mph to claim the top starting spot for Sunday’s race. In all, 18 drivers topped Kyle Busch’s record.
And while he is winless at Las Vegas, he is very hopeful that this pole is a good sign of things to come for this weekend.
“I’m pretty stoked,” Kurt Busch said. “It’s something you can’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched, but this would be a special win. It’s hard to play what-if.”
“Steve Addington definitely has his game on for this place,” Kurt Busch said.
Jeff Gordon was second with a lap at 188.646. Ryan Newman qualified third and was followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Busch.
SUNDAY’S LINE UP AT LAS VEGAS
| POS | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
| 1 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Miller Lite | 188.719 | 28.614 | Leader |
| 2 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Pepsi Max / DuPont | 188.646 | 28.625 | -0.011 |
| 3 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Tornados | 188.180 | 28.696 | -0.082 |
| 4 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet | National Guard / Amp Energy | 188.173 | 28.697 | -0.083 |
| 5 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M’s | 188.153 | 28.700 | -0.086 |
| 6 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 187.611 | 28.783 | -0.169 |
| 7 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | 187.598 | 28.785 | -0.171 |
| 8 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | 187.500 | 28.800 | -0.186 |
| 9 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Old Spice / Office Depot | 186.942 | 28.886 | -0.272 |
| 10 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 186.793 | 28.909 | -0.295 |
| 11 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Crown Royal | 186.748 | 28.916 | -0.302 |
| 12 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Aflac / Kellogg’s | 186.554 | 28.946 | -0.332 |
| 13 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper | 186.548 | 28.947 | -0.333 |
| 14 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr | Dodge | Mobil 1 | 186.445 | 28.963 | -0.349 |
| 15 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | FrontRowJoe.com | 186.355 | 28.977 | -0.363 |
| 16 | 12 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Penske Racing | 186.245 | 28.994 | -0.380 |
| 17 | 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Tums | 186.233 | 28.996 | -0.382 |
| 18 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS | 186.188 | 29.003 | -0.389 |
| 19 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Ford | Budweiser | 185.995 | 29.033 | -0.419 |
| 20 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools | 185.963 | 29.038 | -0.424 |
| 21 | 13 | Max Papis | Toyota | GEICO | 185.497 | 29.111 | -0.497 |
| 22 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 185.395 | 29.127 | -0.513 |
| 23 | 82 | Scott Speed | Toyota | Red Bull | 185.236 | 29.152 | -0.538 |
| 24 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | McDonald’s | 185.109 | 29.172 | -0.558 |
| 25 | 34 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Long John Silver’s | 185.058 | 29.180 | -0.566 |
| 26 | 98 | Paul Menard | Ford | Moen / Menards | 184.773 | 29.225 | -0.611 |
| 27 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Ground | 184.615 | 29.250 | -0.636 |
| 28 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Companies | 184.590 | 29.254 | -0.640 |
| 29 | 71 | Bobby Labonte | Chevrolet | TaxSlayer.com | 184.552 | 29.260 | -0.646 |
| 30 | 36 | Mike Bliss | Chevrolet | KimKardashian Fragrance / Sephora.com | 184.540 | 29.262 | -0.648 |
| 31 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 184.458 | 29.275 | -0.661 |
| 32 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | Toyota | Kingsford / Scott Products | 184.445 | 29.277 | -0.663 |
| 33 | 55 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | Prism Motorsports | 184.439 | 29.278 | -0.664 |
| 34 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Pennzoil Ultra | 184.080 | 29.335 | -0.721 |
| 35 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | NAPA Gold Filters | 183.961 | 29.354 | -0.740 |
| 36 | 66 | Dave Blaney | Toyota | Prism Motorsports | 183.955 | 29.355 | -0.741 |
| 37 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Ford | Stanley | 183.467 | 29.433 | -0.819 |
| 38 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | Taco Bell | 181.965 | 29.676 | -1.062 |
| 39 | 37 | Kevin Conway | Ford | Extenze | 181.843 | 29.696 | -1.082 |
| 40 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | Valvoline | 181.026 | 29.830 | -1.216 |
| 41 | 26 | Boris Said | Ford | Southern Pride Trucking | 176.586 | 30.580 | -1.966 |
| 42 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Toyota | Monster Energy | - | - | - |
| 43 | 09 | Aric Almirola | Chevrolet | Phoenix Racing | 183.038 | 29.542 | -0.928 |
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| 44 | 190 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | Keyed-Up Motorsports | 182.248 | 29.630 | -1.016 |
| 45 | 46 | Terry Cook | Dodge | Whitney Motorsports | 180.705 | 29.883 | -1.269 |
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