Kenseth on Lowe's Busch pole
Matt Kenseth has taken pole position for Saturday's Carquest Auto Parts 300 at Lowe's Motor Speedway
Kenseth just beat Nextel teammate but Busch rival Jamie McMurray, with Kenny Wallace and Mark Martin close behind.
Runaway points leader Kevin Harvick completes the top five, as qualifying was dominated by Nextel Cup regulars.
In the top twenty, only Wallace in third and John Andretti in twentieth aren't Nextel Cup regulars. And of those two, Wallace has made four starts in Nextel Cup this year and will start 35th in Sunday's Coca-Cola 600.
Jimmie Johnson will make a rare Busch series appearance, starting in 28th, his first Busch start for 2006, with his most recent start in the series taking place over seven months ago.
Pos Driver Make Speed Time 1. Matt Kenseth Ford 184.011 29.346 2. Jamie McMurray Dodge 183.911 29.362 - 0.016 3. Kenny Wallace Ford 183.705 29.395 - 0.049 4. Mark Martin Ford 183.598 29.412 - 0.066 5. Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 183.070 29.497 - 0.151 6. Casey Mears Dodge 183.070 29.497 - 0.151 7. Kurt Busch Dodge 182.933 29.519 - 0.173 8. Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 182.921 29.521 - 0.175 9. Carl Edwards Ford 182.815 29.538 - 0.192 10. Tony Stewart Chevrolet 182.747 29.549 - 0.203 11. Kasey Kahne Dodge 182.741 29.550 - 0.204 12. J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 182.519 29.586 - 0.240 13. Jeff Burton Chevrolet 182.494 29.590 - 0.244 14. Elliott Sadler Ford 182.377 29.609 - 0.263 15. Dave Blaney Chevrolet 182.346 29.614 - 0.268 16. Kyle Busch Chevrolet 182.156 29.645 - 0.299 17. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 182.100 29.654 - 0.308 18. Martin Truex Jr Chevrolet 182.057 29.661 - 0.315 19. Greg Biffle Ford 181.885 29.689 - 0.343 20. John Andretti Ford 181.806 29.702 - 0.356 21. Paul Menard Chevrolet 181.684 29.722 - 0.376 22. Reed Sorenson Dodge 181.653 29.727 - 0.381 23. Todd Kluever Ford 181.293 29.786 - 0.440 24. David Green Ford 181.281 29.788 - 0.442 25. Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 181.020 29.831 - 0.485 26. Stacy Compton Ford 180.917 29.848 - 0.502 27. Robby Gordon Chevrolet 180.687 29.886 - 0.540 28. Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 180.505 29.916 - 0.570 29. Jon Wood Ford 180.240 29.960 - 0.614 30. Regan Smith Ford 180.018 29.997 - 0.651 31. Jay Sauter Chevrolet 179.952 30.008 - 0.662 32. Jason Leffler Chevrolet 179.862 30.023 - 0.677 33. Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 179.366 30.106 - 0.760 34. Aaron Fike Dodge 179.229 30.129 - 0.783 35. Danny O'Quinn Jr Ford 178.832 30.196 - 0.850 36. Michael Waltrip Dodge 178.820 30.198 - 0.852 37. Mark McFarland Chevrolet 178.690 30.220 - 0.874 38. David Gilliland Chevrolet 178.389 30.271 - 0.925 39. Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 177.901 30.354 - 1.008 40. Joel Kauffman Dodge 177.784 30.374 - 1.028 41. Tim Sauter Chevrolet 177.749 30.380 - 1.034 42. Scott Wimmer Ford 177.719 30.385 - 1.039 43. Mike Wallace Dodge 176.811 30.541 - 1.195
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