Busch wins Atlanta Busch pole
Kyle Busch will start from pole position today in the Busch Series Nicorette 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, repeating his qualifying result from the same race one year ago
Busch set a fastest lap of 29.014 seconds with a speed of 191.080 mph driving his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. He was nearly two tenths of second faster than Kasey Kahne who will line up beside him in the front row.
The qualifying session was dominated by Nextel Cup drivers who took all but one of the top ten spots of the grid.
IndyCar champion and Indy 500 winner Sam Hornish Jr was the only non-Cup driver in the top ten, ending an impressive fifth fastest in the No. 12 Penske Dodge.
Hornish will make his third Busch series start of the season behind points leader Carl Edwards and Joe Gibb's driver Tony Stewart, who takes over Denny Hamlin's N0. 20 car for this weekend.
California winner Matt Kenseth was sixth, ahead of David Stremme, Las Vegas winner Jeff Burton and Hendrick's Casey Mears.
Juan Pablo Montoya was the last driver in the qualifying order and he repeated his practice performance to take tenth on the grid although six tenths of a second behind Kyle Busch.
David Reutimann was the fastest Toyota as in Nextel Cup qualifying yesterday. He will line up 15th sharing the eighth row of the grid with the other Toyota of Dave Blaney.
Michael Waltrip, who failed to qualify for the Nextel Cup race, was able to get a place on the grid for the Busch event and will start from 23rd in the No. 32 Camping World Toyota.
Pos Driver Make Time Speed 1. Kyle Busch Chevrolet 29.014 191.080mph 2. Kasey Kahne Dodge 29.242 + 0.228 189.590mph 3. Carl Edwards Ford 29.279 + 0.265 189.351mph 4. Tony Stewart Chevrolet 29.462 + 0.448 188.175mph 5. Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 29.523 + 0.509 187.786mph 6. Matt Kenseth Ford 29.538 + 0.524 187.690mph 7. David Stremme Dodge 29.588 + 0.574 187.373mph 8. Jeff Burton Chevrolet 29.602 + 0.588 187.285mph 9. Casey Mears Chevrolet 29.607 + 0.593 187.253mph 10. Juan Montoya Dodge 29.614 + 0.600 187.209mph 11. Jon Wood Ford 29.637 + 0.623 187.064mph 12. Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 29.656 + 0.642 186.944mph 13. Stephen Leicht Ford 29.658 + 0.644 186.931mph 14. Todd Kluever Ford 29.681 + 0.667 186.786mph 15. David Reutimann Toyota 29.689 + 0.675 186.736mph 16. Dave Blaney Toyota 29.690 + 0.676 186.730mph 17. Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 29.696 + 0.682 186.692mph 18. David Ragan Ford 29.712 + 0.698 186.591mph 19. David Gilliland Chevrolet 29.748 + 0.734 186.365mph 20. J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 29.762 + 0.748 186.278mph 21. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 29.771 + 0.757 186.221mph 22. Steve Wallace Dodge 29.776 + 0.762 186.190mph 23. Michael Waltrip Toyota 29.776 + 0.762 186.190mph 24. Robby Gordon Ford 29.835 + 0.821 185.822mph 25. Jamie McMurray Ford 29.858 + 0.844 185.679mph 26. Paul Menard Chevrolet 29.871 + 0.857 185.598mph 27. Jason Leffler Toyota 29.875 + 0.861 185.573mph 28. Marcos Ambrose Ford 29.888 + 0.874 185.492mph 29. Shane Huffman Chevrolet 29.933 + 0.919 185.214mph 30. Reed Sorenson Dodge 29.952 + 0.938 185.096mph 31. Kyle Krisiloff Ford 30.054 + 1.040 184.468mph 32. Ward Burton Ford 30.080 + 1.066 184.309mph 33. Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 30.095 + 1.081 184.217mph 34. Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford 30.109 + 1.095 184.131mph 35. Brent Sherman Chevrolet 30.143 + 1.129 183.923mph 36. Tony Raines Chevrolet 30.172 + 1.158 183.747mph 37. Regan Smith Chevrolet 30.261 + 1.247 183.206mph 38. Aric Almirola Chevrolet 30.306 + 1.292 182.934mph 39. Greg Biffle Ford 30.455 + 1.441 182.039mph 40. Mike Wallace Chevrolet 30.581 + 1.567 181.289mph 41. Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 30.585 + 1.571 181.265mph 42. Eric McClure Chevrolet 31.500 + 2.486 176.000mph 43. Ron Young Chevrolet 30.679 DNQ Jay Sauter Chevrolet 31.434
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