Rowdy On Pole for NXS Race, Looks to Continue Dominance - Speedway Digest

Kyle Busch won the pole for today’s Drive for Safety 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in his No. 18 NOS Energy Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing. He ran a fastest lap of 180.735 MPH (29.878) to secure another pole in the 2016 season. He also starts P1 for the Cup race on Sunday.

His JGR teammate Daniel Suarez will start second, with Justin Allgaier rolling off third, Elliott Sadler fourth and Erik Jones fifth. Rounding out the top ten is Paul Menard, Clint Bowyer, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano and Ty Dillon. Some other notables include Brennan Poole in 11th, Brendan Gaughan in 12th and Darrell Wallace Jr. in 15th.

In other news, during the NXS telecast on NBCSN, Richard Childress announced that RCR has hired current BKR NCWTS driver Daniel Hemric to run full-time in the Xfinity Series next season. It has been rumored that Ty Dillon will become full-time in the Cup Series, opening up a seat for Hemric. He has qualified for the NCWTS Chase in his No. 19 Ford.

The Drive for Safety 300 goes green from Chicagoland Speedway just past 3:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. CT) with television coverage on NBCSN.

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Davey Segal is a junior sports journalism major from Rockville, Maryland. He attended his first race in 2002 at Dover International Speedway with his father, and fell in love with the sport immediately. He would love nothing more to graduate from Michigan State University with his journalism degree and begin to cover America's No. 1 motorsport as a profession. He writes about the sport for Speedway Media, Fronstretch and Impact 89 FM and proceeds a weekly podcast about all things NASCAR. He enjoys only one thing more than sitting on his couch every weekend and watching the action unfold: being at the race track to see it for himself.