Kyle Busch on Phoenix Busch pole
Kyle Busch will start from pole position today in the Busch Series Basha's Supermarket 300 at Phoenix International Raceway, hoping to get his first victory after leading the most laps during the season
Busch set a fastest lap of 27.169 seconds at an average speed of 132.504 mph, claiming his second pole of the year and also his second at Phoenix.
In fact, Busch's lap would have put him on the second row for the Nextel Cup race, where the Car of Tomorrow features for the third time this season.
"It seemed to turn pretty well in practice and drive off the corner well," said Busch. "Hopefully we can finally get one (victory) for these guys, they've been trying awfully hard."
Busch was one of the final runners of the session, taking advantage of the increasingly cooler conditions to bump Clint Bowyer out of the top spot.
Bowyer was beaten only by 0.026 seconds, but both men were more than one tenth ahead of Matt Kenseth and Jeff Burton, both past winners at Phoenix.
Regan Smith was the fastest rookie in fifth and will share the third row of the grid with David Reutimann, who continued to show improvement for Michael Waltrip Racing and the Toyota contingent.
Points leader Carl Edwards qualified ninth while Roush Fenway teammate Greg Biffle, who has won at Phoenix twice in the Busch Series, will start today's race from 15th on the grid.
Juan Pablo Montoya will line up 20th, improving from his Nextel Cup qualifying. The Colombian was actually quicker in his Busch car than in his Cup car by more than one tenth of a second.
Pos Driver Make Speed Time 1. Kyle Busch Chevrolet 132.504 27.169 2. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 132.377 27.195 + 0.026 3. Matt Kenseth Ford 131.666 27.342 + 0.173 4. Jeff Burton Chevrolet 131.550 27.366 + 0.197 5. Regan Smith Chevrolet 131.507 27.375 + 0.206 6. David Reutimann Toyota 131.430 27.391 + 0.222 7. Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 131.267 27.425 + 0.256 8. Jason Leffler Toyota 131.248 27.429 + 0.260 9. Carl Edwards Ford 131.157 27.448 + 0.279 10. Marcos Ambrose Ford 131.152 27.449 + 0.280 11. Elliott Sadler Dodge 131.128 27.454 + 0.285 12. Dave Blaney Toyota 131.019 27.477 + 0.308 13. Todd Kluever Ford 131.019 27.477 + 0.308 14. Jamie McMurray Ford 130.567 27.572 + 0.403 15. Greg Biffle Ford 130.548 27.576 + 0.407 16. David Gilliland Ford 130.539 27.578 + 0.409 17. Casey Mears Chevrolet 130.529 27.580 + 0.411 18. David Stremme Dodge 130.525 27.581 + 0.412 19. Bobby Hamilton Jr Ford 130.421 27.603 + 0.434 20. Juan Montoya Dodge 130.406 27.606 + 0.437 21. Ward Burton Ford 130.350 27.618 + 0.449 22. Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 130.312 27.626 + 0.457 23. JJ Yeley Chevrolet 130.067 27.678 + 0.509 24. David Ragan Ford 129.805 27.734 + 0.565 25. Steve Wallace Dodge 129.730 27.750 + 0.581 26. DJ Kennington Dodge 129.664 27.764 + 0.595 27. Shane Huffman Chevrolet 129.548 27.789 + 0.620 28. Aric Almirola Chevrolet 129.375 27.826 + 0.657 29. Timothy Peters Chevrolet 129.343 27.833 + 0.664 30. Tony Raines Chevrolet 129.334 27.835 + 0.666 31. Mike Bliss Dodge 129.231 27.857 + 0.688 32. Stephen Leicht Ford 129.231 27.857 + 0.688 33. Ryan Newman Dodge 129.148 27.875 + 0.706 34. Jon Wood Ford 128.875 27.934 + 0.765 35. Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 128.834 27.943 + 0.774 36. Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 128.232 28.074 + 0.905 37. Mike Wallace Chevrolet 127.977 28.130 + 0.961 38. Kyle Krisiloff Ford 127.968 28.132 + 0.963 39. Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 127.578 28.218 + 1.049 40. Brent Sherman Chevrolet 127.366 28.265 + 1.096 41. Eric McClure Chevrolet 124.395 28.940 + 1.771 42. Kevin Lepage Ford 123.869 29.063 + 1.894 43. Mike Harmon Chevrolet 120.797 29.802 + 2.633
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