Kurt Busch has scored his second consecutive pole award with the fastest time in qualifying in Las Vegas.

Unlike last week where he inherited pole after his brother Kyle had his car fail a technical inspection, it was all his own doing this time in his home town.

Busch set a speed of 315.959 km/h (196.328 mph) to earn his second pole at the 1.5-mile track and 21st of his Sprint Cup career.

“Man, I wasn’t going to lift for anything,” Busch said.

“I was giving it all I had. I’m really proud of the team to help me get to that third round.

“I was overdriving the car and I needed to settle in and (crew chief) Tony Gibson made a great adjustment in that last round.

“I was hoping to put on a show for the home crowd, get the pole, but now we’ve got to go to work tomorrow. I hope we can get the car dialed in for long run speed for Sunday.”

Sharing the front row is Joey Logano with the second row occupied by Matt Kenseth and Brad Keselowski.

VIDEO: Kurt Busch talks after scoring the pole

Kobalt Tools 400 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway

POS.	CAR #	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	MPH	BEST TIME	BEHIND
1	41	Kurt Busch		Monster Energy / Haas Automation	196.328	27.505	Leader
2	22	Joey Logano		Shell Pennzoil	195.851	27.572	–0.067
3	20	Matt Kenseth		DeWalt	195.780	27.582	–0.077
4	2	Brad Keselowski		Miller Lite	195.666	27.598	–0.093
5	3	Austin Dillon		Dow – Energy & Water / Intellifresh	195.624	27.604	–0.099
6	4	Kevin Harvick		Jimmy John’s	195.454	27.628	–0.123
7	43	Aric Almirola		Smithfield	195.291	27.651	–0.146
8	5	Kasey Kahne		Farmers Insurance	195.284	27.652	–0.147
9	11	Denny Hamlin		FedEx Office	195.080	27.681	–0.176
10	78	Martin Truex Jr		Furniture Row	194.974	27.696	–0.191
11	48	Jimmie Johnson		Kobalt	193.986	27.837	–0.332
12	47	AJ Allmendinger		Smith’s / Kingsford	193.126	27.961	–0.456
13	24	Chase Elliott		NAPA Auto Parts	194.665	27.740	–0.235
14	21	Ryan Blaney		Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire + Auto Center	194.658	27.741	–0.236
15	27	Paul Menard		Dutch Boy / Menards	194.356	27.784	–0.279
16	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr		Fastenal Ford Fusion	194.301	27.792	–0.287
17	42	Kyle Larson		Target	193.889	27.851	–0.346
18	10	Danica Patrick		Nature’s Bakery	193.625	27.889	–0.384
19	14	Brian Vickers		Mobil 1	193.597	27.893	–0.388
20	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr		Nationwide	193.444	27.915	–0.410
21	31	Ryan Newman		Caterpillar	193.334	27.931	–0.426
22	13	Casey Mears		GEICO	192.933	27.989	–0.484
23	18	Kyle Busch		M&M’s 75	192.795	28.009	–0.504
24	19	Carl Edwards		Arris	195.101	27.678	–0.173
25	34	Chris Buescher		Love’s Travel Stops	193.050	27.972	–0.467
26	16	Greg Biffle		Cheez-It Ford Fusion	192.933	27.989	–0.484
27	38	Landon Cassill		MDS Transport	192.754	28.015	–0.510
28	6	Trevor Bayne		Advocare Ford Fusion	192.726	28.019	–0.514
29	1	Jamie McMurray		CESSNA	192.342	28.075	–0.570
30	95	Michael McDowell		WRL General Contractors	192.020	28.122	–0.617
31	23	David Ragan		Dr. Pepper	191.870	28.144	–0.639
32	44	Brian Scott		Albertsons Co. / White Tail	191.144	28.251	–0.746
33	7	Regan Smith		Road Rippers Street Beatz Chevrolet	190.873	28.291	–0.786
34	83	Matt DiBenedetto		Cosmo Motors	190.154	28.398	–0.893
35	15	Clint Bowyer		5-Hour Energy	189.036	28.566	–1.061
36	98	Cole Whitt		Speed Stick Chevy	188.422	28.659	–1.154
37	46	Michael Annett		Pilot Flying J	188.409	28.661	–1.156
38	32	Jeffrey Earnhardt		Can – Am	187.846	28.747	–1.242
39	30	Josh Wise		Curtis Key Plumbing	185.810	29.062	–1.557

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