Biffle on Busch pole at Michigan

Biffle set a time of 38.596 seconds at an average speed of 186.584 mph in his No. 16 Roush Fenway Ford. Beside him in the front row for today's race will be Toyota's Brian Vickers.

"I held my breath the whole lap and it's been a long time since I've not come off the gas around here," said Biffle, who had not won a Busch Series pole since 2004. "The thing ran really well and sucked down on the race track really good."

David Ragan qualified third, showing how strong the Roush Fenway cars are running at Michigan this weekend. Ganassi's Reed Sorenson will start from the outside of the second row, lapping 0.343 seconds off from Biffle's time, with Denny Hamlin rounding up the top five.

Points' leader Carl Edwards was 15th behind David Reutimann, just as in Nextel Cup qualifying yesterday. Mark Martin, racing the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports car, regularly driven by Kyle Busch, was 22nd.

Twenty-one Nextel Cup drivers, nearly half the field, will be competing today in the Busch Series race, although last year's winner, Dale Earnhardt Jr, will not be among them.

Pos  Driver            Make       Time
 1.  Greg Biffle       Ford       38.596
 2.  Brian Vickers     Toyota     38.773 + 0.177
 3.  David Ragan       Ford       38.903 + 0.307
 4.  Reed Sorenson     Dodge      38.943 + 0.347
 5.  Denny Hamlin      Chevrolet  38.956 + 0.360
 6.  Marcos Ambrose    Ford       38.989 + 0.393
 7.  Paul Menard       Chevrolet  39.016 + 0.420
 8.  Kevin Harvick     Chevrolet  39.028 + 0.432
 9.  Bobby Labonte     Chevrolet  39.049 + 0.453
10.  Ward Burton       Ford       39.080 + 0.484
11.  David Gilliland   Ford       39.116 + 0.520
12.  Matt Kenseth      Ford       39.143 + 0.547
13.  Casey Mears       Chevrolet  39.145 + 0.549
14.  David Reutimann   Toyota     39.192 + 0.596
15.  Carl Edwards      Ford       39.204 + 0.608
16.  Jeff Burton       Chevrolet  39.218 + 0.622
17.  Brad Coleman      Chevrolet  39.275 + 0.679
18.  Kevin Hamlin      Dodge      39.288 + 0.692
19.  Clint Bowyer      Chevrolet  39.329 + 0.733
20.  Todd Bodine       Toyota     39.333 + 0.737
21.  Sam Hornish Jr    Dodge      39.341 + 0.745
22.  Mark Martin       Chevrolet  39.408 + 0.812
23.  Mike Wallace      Chevrolet  39.466 + 0.870
24.  Tony Stewart      Chevrolet  39.475 + 0.879
25.  David Stremme     Dodge      39.481 + 0.885
26.  Kelly Bires       Ford       39.489 + 0.893
27.  Steve Wallace     Dodge      39.566 + 0.970
28.  Brad Keselowski   Chevrolet  39.621 + 1.025
29.  Jamie McMurray    Ford       39.627 + 1.031
30.  Jason Keller      Chevrolet  39.644 + 1.048
31.  Brent Sherman     Chevrolet  39.683 + 1.087
32.  Kertus Davis      Chevrolet  39.758 + 1.162
33.  Jason Leffler     Toyota     39.787 + 1.191
34.  Jeff Green        Chevrolet  39.847 + 1.251
35.  Kasey Kahne       Dodge      39.860 + 1.264
36.  Brian Keselowski  Dodge      39.890 + 1.294
37.  Stephen Leicht    Ford       39.986 + 1.390
38.  Morgan Shepherd   Dodge      39.999 + 1.403
39.  Mark Green        Chevrolet  40.032 + 1.436
40.  JJ Yeley          Chevrolet  40.046 + 1.450
41.  Bobby East        Ford       40.148 + 1.552
42.  Ron Young         Chevrolet  40.205 + 1.609
43.  Kyle Krisiloff    Ford       40.263 + 1.667
44.  Eric McClure      Chevrolet  41.154 + 2.558
45.  BHamilton Jr      Ford       41.317 + 2.721