NASCAR Championship contender Kyle Busch will start from pole position for the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte.
It is Busch’s third pole of 2014 and second at what is the sport’s home track.
“We’ll see how this weekend goes. Hopefully, we can come out of here with a solid finish,” said Busch.
As the Chase for the Sprint Cup continues to wind down, Busch is sitting second in the points with this race being critcal for a number of big stars after last weekend’s race in Kansas.
Jeff Gordon will start alongside, whileDenny Hamlin, Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman round out the top-five starters.
Stewart, Paul Menard, Brian Vickers, Kurt Busch and Greg Biffle were the only non-Chase drivers in the final round of qualifying.
Kurt Busch set a record for fastest speed on a 1.5-mile track at 198.771 mph in the second round. The SHR driver eventually qualified 11th.
Australia’s Marcos Ambrose will start from 27th.
“Our Stanley Ford was pretty fast in practice,but we have been working on the car too,” said Ambrose.
“The car has speed, but we need to get the handling better. You really had to have a clean lap to get all the speed out of the car tonight because we had a lot of fast laps.”
QUALIFYING: Bank of America 500 – Charlotte Motor Speedway
| POS. | CAR | DRIVER | MANUFACTURER | SPONSOR | MPH | BEST TIME | BEHIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch |  |
Doublemint | 197.390 | 27.357 | Leader |
| 2 | 24 | Jeff Gordon |  |
Drive to End Hunger | 197.217 | 27.381 | –0.024 |
| 3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | |
FedEx Ground | 197.087 | 27.399 | –0.042 |
| 4 | 14 | Tony Stewart | |
Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1 | 196.542 | 27.475 | –0.118 |
| 5 | 31 | Ryan Newman | |
Caterpillar | 196.442 | 27.489 | –0.132 |
| 6 | 27 | Paul Menard | |
Shrock / Menards | 196.100 | 27.537 | –0.180 |
| 7 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | |
Budweiser | 195.837 | 27.574 | –0.217 |
| 8 | 55 | Brian Vickers | |
Aaron’s Dream Machine | 195.744 | 27.587 | –0.230 |
| 9 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | |
Diet Mountain Dew | 194.953 | 27.699 | –0.342 |
| 10 | 99 | Carl Edwards |  |
Fastenal | 194.861 | 27.712 | –0.355 |
| 11 | 41 | Kurt Busch | |
State Water Heaters | 194.328 | 27.788 | –0.431 |
| 12 | 16 | Greg Biffle | |
3M Bondo Ford | 191.598 | 28.184 | –0.827 |
| 13 | 22 | Joey Logano | |
Pennzoil Platinum | 196.485 | 27.483 | –0.126 |
| 14 | 10 | Danica Patrick | |
GoDaddy Breast Cancer Awareness | 196.464 | 27.486 | –0.129 |
| 15 | 43 | Aric Almirola | |
Smithfield-Waffle House | 196.442 | 27.489 | –0.132 |
| 16 | 51 | Justin Allgaier | |
BRANDT Professional Agriculture | 196.414 | 27.493 | –0.136 |
| 17 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | |
Detroit Genuine Parts | 196.278 | 27.512 | –0.155 |
| 18 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | |
McDonald’s Monopoly | 196.278 | 27.512 | –0.155 |
| 19 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | |
Pepsi | 196.271 | 27.513 | –0.156 |
| 20 | 3 | Austin Dillon | |
Dow | 196.207 | 27.522 | –0.165 |
| 21 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | |
Lowe’s | 196.171 | 27.527 | –0.170 |
| 22 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | |
Dollar General | 196.114 | 27.535 | –0.178 |
| 23 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr | |
Furniture Row | 195.730 | 27.589 | –0.232 |
| 24 | 42 | Kyle Larson | |
Target | 195.673 | 27.597 | –0.240 |
| 25 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | |
Pink Lemonade 5-hour Energy Benefiting LBBC | 195.291 | 27.651 | –0.294 |
| 26 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | |
Scott Products | 195.277 | 27.653 | –0.296 |
| 27 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | |
Stanley | 194.665 | 27.740 | –0.383 |
| 28 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | |
Zest Ford | 194.273 | 27.796 | –0.439 |
| 29 | 13 | Casey Mears | |
No. 13 GEICO Chevrolet SS | 194.112 | 27.819 | –0.462 |
| 30 | 36 | Reed Sorenson | |
Zing Zang Chevrolet | 193.736 | 27.873 | –0.516 |
| 31 | 95 | Michael McDowell | |
Pieters Pals/KLOVE | 193.465 | 27.912 | –0.555 |
| 32 | 40 | Landon Cassill | |
TBA | 193.368 | 27.926 | –0.569 |
| 33 | 23 | Alex Bowman | |
Dr. Pepper Toyota Camry | 193.223 | 27.947 | –0.590 |
| 34 | 34 | David Ragan | |
CSX – Play It Safe | 193.175 | 27.954 | –0.597 |
| 35 | 7 | Michael Annett | |
Cypress HQ No. 7 Chevrolet | 193.078 | 27.968 | –0.611 |
| 36 | 26 | Cole Whitt | |
Rinnai Toyota Camry | 192.974 | 27.983 | –0.626 |
| 37 | 38 | David Gilliland | |
MDS Transport | 192.788 | 28.010 | –0.653 |
| 38 | 98 | Josh Wise | |
Provident Metals | 192.082 | 28.113 | –0.756 |
| 39 | 66 | Brett Moffitt | |
RoyalTeakCollection.com | 191.775 | 28.158 | –0.801 |
| 40 | 33 | Timmy Hill | |
retroinfinity.com | 190.975 | 28.276 | –0.919 |
| 41 | 83 | J.J. Yeley | |
Painter’s Ice Cream Toyota Camry | 190.235 | 28.386 | –1.029 |
| 42 | 77 | Corey Lajoie | |
Essex Homes | 190.235 | 28.386 | –1.029 |
| 43 | 32 | Blake Koch | |
Leaf Filter | 187.396 | 28.816 | –1.459 |
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