Kurt Busch will start from the Pole in Sunday’s Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Friday marked Busch’s fourth pole of the season and the 26th of his career.
Busch will enter into Sunday eighth in the points standings and fifteen points ahead of Clint Bower who sits at 13th in the point standings.
Busch outlasted AJ Allmendinger to win the pole.
“All around the racetrack you can get yourself into trouble,” Allmendinger said when asked on which part of the track is the most challenging.
Rounding out the top five were: Alex Bowman in third, Chase Elliott in fourth and Kyle Larson in fifth.
Twelve of the sixteen drivers competing in the playoffs did not make the final round of qualifying.
Multiple drivers made contact with the wall in practice and qualifying. Denny Hamlin had issues with his No.11 Toyota Camry as he had issues in practice as well as qualifying. Hamlin hit the curb at a high rate of speed in practice and then in qualifying he made contact with the chicane. Hamlin would qualify 27th but will go to the rear of the field on Sunday becuase his team will go to a backup car.
Lineup:
1. Kurt Busch
2. AJ Allmendinger
3. Alex Bowman
4. Chase Elliott
5. Kyle Larson
6. Jimmie Johnson
7. Clint Bowyer
8. Jamie McMurray
9. Ryan Blaney
10. Chris Buescher
11. Daniel Hemric
12. Erik Jones
13. Martin Truex Jr.
14. Kyle Busch
15. Joey Logano
16. Trevor Bayne
17. Daniel Suarez
18. Michael McDowell
19. Kevin Harvick
20. Aric Almirola
21. William Byron
22. Paul Menard
23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
24. Austin Dillion
25. Brad Keselowski
26. Ty Dillion
27. Denny Hamlin
28. Matt DiBenedetto
29. Ryan Newman
30. David Ragan
31. Justin Marks
32. Regan Smith
33. Cole Whitt
34. Bubba Wallace
35. Ross Chastain
36. JJ Yeley
37. Jeffery Earnhardt
38. Landon Cassill
39. Stanton Barrett
40. Timmy Hill
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