Kyle Busch on Richmond Busch pole
Kyle Busch claimed his third Busch Series pole of the year in qualifying for tonight's Emerson Radio 250 at Richmond International Raceway, edging the Roush Fenway cars of Matt Kenseth and Jamie McMurray
Busch, who won from the pole at this venue in 1994, was one of the late qualifiers of the session and made the most of his run by setting a lap time of 21.361 seconds at an average speed of 126.399 mph around the 0.75-mile oval where he is the track record holder.
Matt Kenseth will start the race from the front row beside Busch, just as he did back in May when he finished second to Clint Bowyer. He was just 20 thousandths of a second slower than Busch, but seven thousandths faster than his Roush Fenway teammate Jamie McMurray who put his Ford third on the grid.
Ryan Newman was fourth ahead of local favorite Denny Hamlin, who had been on the pole in May, while series points leader Carl Edwards, also among the late qualifiers, put his car sixth on the grid.
Kevin Harvick, who was fastest in the final practice session, qualified early and ended up eighth. He won this event a year ago and will start the race from the same position he qualified for the first of his three consecutive victories at Richmond in 2005.
AJ Allmendinger had a good qualifying for his second ever Busch Series race and ended up 12th, while Brad Keselowski, with who he crashed a week ago at Fontana, qualified 15th, running a Hendrick car with an RCR engine under the JR Motorsports banner.
Kertus Davis and Morgan Shepherd failed to qualify, while Venezuelan Alex Garcia did not complete his run, having crashed his car in practice.
Pos Driver Make Speed Time 1. Kyle Busch Chevrolet 126.399 21.361 2. Matt Kenseth Ford 126.280 21.381 + 0.020 3. Jamie McMurray Ford 126.239 21.388 + 0.027 4. Ryan Newman Dodge 125.997 21.429 + 0.068 5. Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 125.939 21.439 + 0.078 6. Carl Edwards Ford 125.599 21.497 + 0.136 7. Jason Leffler Toyota 125.459 21.521 + 0.160 8. Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 125.430 21.526 + 0.165 9. Jason Keller Chevrolet 125.284 21.551 + 0.190 10. Mike Bliss Dodge 125.127 21.578 + 0.217 11. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 125.127 21.578 + 0.217 12. A.J. Allmendinger Dodge 124.954 21.608 + 0.247 13. Brian Vickers Toyota 124.908 21.616 + 0.255 14. Greg Biffle Ford 124.688 21.654 + 0.293 15. Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 124.660 21.659 + 0.298 16. Todd Bodine Toyota 124.648 21.661 + 0.300 17. David Reutimann Toyota 124.602 21.669 + 0.308 18. Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 124.504 21.686 + 0.325 19. Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 124.441 21.697 + 0.336 20. Marcos Ambrose Ford 124.441 21.697 + 0.336 21. Mark Green Chevrolet 124.332 21.716 + 0.355 22. Kasey Kahne Dodge 124.321 21.718 + 0.357 23. Stephen Leicht Ford 124.149 21.748 + 0.387 24. Kelly Bires Ford 124.075 21.761 + 0.400 25. Bryan Clauson Dodge 124.058 21.764 + 0.403 26. Paul Menard Chevrolet 123.990 21.776 + 0.415 27. Brent Sherman Chevrolet 123.876 21.796 + 0.435 28. David Ragan Ford 123.859 21.799 + 0.438 29. Bobby East Ford 123.836 21.803 + 0.442 30. Danny O'Quinn Jr Chevrolet 123.700 21.827 + 0.466 31. Bobby Hamilton Jr Ford 123.689 21.829 + 0.468 32. Derrike Cope Chevrolet 123.575 21.849 + 0.488 33. Steve Wallace Dodge 123.434 21.874 + 0.513 34. Eric McClure Chevrolet 123.412 21.878 + 0.517 35. Tim McCreadie Chevrolet 123.383 21.883 + 0.522 36. Landon Cassill Chevrolet 123.361 21.887 + 0.526 37. J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 123.254 21.906 + 0.545 38. Mike Wallace Chevrolet 123.125 21.929 + 0.568 39. Kevin Conway Chevrolet 122.377 22.063 + 0.702 40. Kyle Krisiloff Ford 122.139 22.106 + 0.745 41. Richard Johns Ford 121.463 22.229 + 0.868 42. John Graham Ford 119.559 22.583 + 1.222 43. D.J. Kennington Dodge 122.283 22.080 + 0.719
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