Kenseth takes pole at Bristol

Matt Kenseth has won the pole for the Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes and Stand Up to Cancer at the world’s fastest half-mile track – Bristol Motor Speedway.

Kenseth set a speed of 207.137 km/h (128.632 mph) in the last of the three rounds of group qualifying to secure his first pole of the 2015 season, second pole at Bristol Motor Speedway and the 14th of his career.

Further good news for Kenseth is that he has three career Sprint Cup wins at Bristol in 30 previous starts.

Sharing the front row will be Brad Keselowski, while Carl Edwards and championship leader Kevin Harvick will start one row back.

Missing the top-12 final qualifying runoff where Dale Earnhardt Jr. (starting 13th), Kyle Larson (starting 14th), Martin Truex Jr. (starting 16th), Tony Stewart (starting 21st) and Jeff Gordon (starting 23rd).

While last week’s race winner in Texas Jimmie Johnson will start from 28th.

The major incident during the qualifying runs went the way of Greg Biffle who lost control off of Turn 3 just over three minutes into the opening round of qualifying. His car went sideways and somehow suffered little damage and he will start from 33rd.

Brendan Gaughan and Ron Hornaday Jr. did not qualify for the 43-car field.

POS.	CAR #	DRIVER	MANUFACTURER	SPONSOR	MPH	BEST TIME	BEHIND
1	20	Matt Kenseth		Dollar General	128.632	14.917	Leader
2	2	Brad Keselowski		Miller Lite	128.442	14.939	–0.022
3	19	Carl Edwards		COMCAST BUSINESS	128.322	14.953	–0.036
4	4	Kevin Harvick		Jimmy John’s/ Budweiser	128.211	14.966	–0.049
5	11	Denny Hamlin		FedEx Freight	127.419	15.059	–0.142
6	22	Joey Logano		AutoTrader	127.317	15.071	–0.154
7	41	Kurt Busch		Haas Automation	126.871	15.124	–0.207
8	5	Kasey Kahne		Great Clips	126.829	15.129	–0.212
9	27	Paul Menard		Sylvania / Menards	126.829	15.129	–0.212
10	1	Jamie McMurray		McDonald’s	126.612	15.155	–0.238
11	18	David Ragan		Snickers Extreme	126.436	15.176	–0.259
12	3	Austin Dillon		Dow	126.262	15.197	–0.280
13	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr		MOUNTAIN DEW DEWSHINE	127.081	15.099	–0.182
14	42	Kyle Larson		Target	127.073	15.100	–0.183
15	51	Justin Allgaier		Auto Owners Insurance	126.562	15.161	–0.244
16	78	Martin Truex Jr		Furniture Row/Visser Precision	126.503	15.168	–0.251
17	40	Landon Cassill		TBA	126.428	15.177	–0.260
18	31	Ryan Newman		WIX	126.088	15.218	–0.301
19	95	Michael McDowell		Thrivent Financial	125.947	15.235	–0.318
20	47	AJ Allmendinger		Bush’s Beans	125.939	15.236	–0.319
21	14	Tony Stewart		Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1	125.831	15.249	–0.332
22	83	Matt DiBenedetto		Dustless Blasting	125.798	15.253	–0.336
23	24	Jeff Gordon		3M	125.609	15.276	–0.359
24	55	Brett Moffitt		Aaron’s Dream Machine	125.199	15.326	–0.409
25	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr		Zest Ford Fusion	126.378	15.183	–0.266
26	10	Danica Patrick		GoDaddy	126.328	15.189	–0.272
27	13	Casey Mears		No. 13 GEICO Chevrolet SS	126.303	15.192	–0.275
28	48	Jimmie Johnson		Lowe’s	126.146	15.211	–0.294
29	23	J.J. Yeley		Dr. Pepper “I’m a Pepper”	126.046	15.223	–0.306
30	43	Aric Almirola		Smithfield	125.823	15.250	–0.333
31	6	Trevor Bayne		Advocare Ford Fusion	125.798	15.253	–0.336
32	38	David Gilliland		MDS Transport	125.625	15.274	–0.357
33	16	Greg Biffle		Ortho Ford Fusion	125.551	15.283	–0.366
34	26	Jeb Burton		MaximFantasySports.com	125.510	15.288	–0.371
35	98	Josh Wise		Phil Parsons Racing	125.453	15.295	–0.378
36	46	Michael Annett		Pilot Flying J	125.158	15.331	–0.414
37	15	Clint Bowyer		5-Hour Energy	125.020	15.348	–0.431
38	34	Chris Buescher		CSX / Play It Safe	125.020	15.348	–0.431
39	9	Sam Hornish Jr		Nature Blast	124.938	15.358	–0.441
40	7	Alex Bowman		TBA	124.557	15.405	–0.488
41	32	Mike Bliss		KEEN PARTS/VISONE RV	124.130	15.458	–0.541
42	35	Cole Whitt		Tweaker Energy Shots	124.050	15.468	–0.551
43	33	Alex Kennedy		Media Cast	123.610	15.523	–0.606