Kenseth on Lowe's Busch pole
Matt Kenseth took advantage of his late qualifying draw to take pole position for today's Busch Series CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 at Lowe's Motor Speedway
Kenseth went on track second last and bumped Scott Wimmer from pole position, setting a fastest lap of 30.090 seconds at an average speed of 179.462 mph in his No. 17 Roush Fenway Ford.
Roush Fenway and Richard Childress cars took both the front and the second row of the grid, as Greg Biffle was third, ahead of Jeff Burton, while Kurt Busch was fifth fastest for Penske in the No. 12 Dodge.
Jimmie Johnson will make his first Busch race of the season starting from eighth on the grid. He will try to grab his first win in the series at the track named after the sponsor of both his Busch and Cup cars this weekend.
Points leader Carl Edwards was tenth ahead of Joe Gibb's Denny Hamlin, who had an early qualifying draw and was one of several driver to hold on to provisional pole during the session.
Kevin Harvick, second in the points standing, qualified 25th in his No. 33 KHI Chevrolet behind David Reutimann, who was the fastest Toyota qualifier in the No. 99 Michael Waltrip Racing Camry.
Juan Pablo Montoya qualified down in 37th, more than a second off from pole, and will move up one place on the grid thanks to Jason Leffler moving to his back-up car for the race after crashing at the end of his run, having qualified 28th with his first lap.
Brent Sherman also crashed before being able to set a time but will start the race from the penultimate row of the grid thanks to his owner points status.
Eric McLure, Kevin Lepage, former Cup Champion Bill Elliot, and Blake Feese did not qualify for tonight's race, the latter not even making it to qualifying after crashing his car during practice.
Pos Driver Make Speed Time 1. Matt Kenseth Ford 179.462 30.090 2. Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 179.289 30.119 + 0.029 3. Greg Biffle Ford 178.630 30.230 + 0.140 4. Jeff Burton Chevrolet 178.530 30.247 + 0.157 5. Kurt Busch Dodge 178.453 30.260 + 0.170 6. Regan Smith Chevrolet 178.182 30.306 + 0.216 7. David Ragan Ford 178.177 30.307 + 0.217 8. Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 177.772 30.376 + 0.286 9. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 177.708 30.387 + 0.297 10. Carl Edwards Ford 177.667 30.394 + 0.304 11. Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 177.667 30.394 + 0.304 12. Stephen Leicht Ford 177.032 30.503 + 0.413 13. Todd Kluever Ford 177.020 30.505 + 0.415 14. David Gilliland Ford 176.980 30.512 + 0.422 15. Jamie McMurray Ford 176.893 30.527 + 0.437 16. Kyle Busch Chevrolet 176.806 30.542 + 0.452 17. Marcos Ambrose Ford 176.569 30.583 + 0.493 18. Robby Gordon Ford 176.419 30.609 + 0.519 19. Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 176.384 30.615 + 0.525 20. David Stremme Dodge 176.217 30.644 + 0.554 21. Mike Bliss Dodge 176.091 30.666 + 0.576 22. Casey Mears Chevrolet 175.884 30.702 + 0.612 23. Shane Huffman Chevrolet 175.804 30.716 + 0.626 24. David Reutimann Toyota 175.713 30.732 + 0.642 25. Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 175.644 30.744 + 0.654 26. Mike Wallace Chevrolet 175.581 30.755 + 0.665 27. Dave Blaney Toyota 175.479 30.773 + 0.683 28. Jason Leffler Toyota 175.268 30.810 + 0.720 29. JJ Yeley Chevrolet 175.251 30.813 + 0.723 30. Reed Sorenson Dodge 175.211 30.820 + 0.730 31. Steve Wallace Dodge 174.701 30.910 + 0.820 32. Kasey Kahne Dodge 174.481 30.949 + 0.859 33. Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 174.210 30.997 + 0.907 34. Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 174.036 31.028 + 0.938 35. Jon Wood Ford 173.539 31.117 + 1.027 36. Kyle Krisiloff Ford 173.388 31.144 + 1.054 37. Juan Montoya Dodge 173.199 31.178 + 1.088 38. Aric Almirola Chevrolet 173.188 31.180 + 1.090 39. Bobby Hamilton Jr Ford 173.033 31.208 + 1.118 40. Ward Burton Ford 171.920 31.410 + 1.320 41. Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 169.614 31.837 + 1.747 42. Brent Sherman Chevrolet N/A 43. David Green Toyota Champion's Provisional
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