Kyle Busch’s hot form in NASCAR has now followed through to qualifying with the Toyota driver taking the pole position at Pocono Raceway.
Busch, who has won four of the past five races, will start alongside defending series champion and points leader Kevin Harvick.
It is the Joe Gibbs Racing driver’s second career pole win at Pocono, and his first of the season. It’s also the team’s third-straight pole after Carl Edwards took back-to-back top starting posts at New Hampshire and Indianapolis.
Busch missed the opening 11 races after leg fractures suffered in a crash in the Xfinity race at Daytona in February. He has to finish in the top 30 in points before the 26th race to qualifying for the Chase of the Sprint Cup. He’s only 23 points out of the top 30.
Joey Logano, Austin Dillon and Tony Stewart round out the top five.
VIDEO: Kyle Busch talks about his pole at Pocono
QUALIFYING: Windows 10 400 – Pocono Raceway
| POS. | CAR # | DRIVER | MANUFACTURER | SPONSOR | MPH | TIME | BEHIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch |  |
M&M’s Crispy | 178.416 | 50.444 | Leader |
| 2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick |  |
Jimmy John’s/ Budweiser | 178.168 | 50.514 | –0.070 |
| 3 | 22 | Joey Logano |  |
Shell Pennzoil | 177.837 | 50.608 | –0.164 |
| 4 | 3 | Austin Dillon | |
American Ethanol | 177.658 | 50.659 | –0.215 |
| 5 | 14 | Tony Stewart | |
Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 | 177.630 | 50.667 | –0.223 |
| 6 | 41 | Kurt Busch | |
Haas Automation | 177.613 | 50.672 | –0.228 |
| 7 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | |
Dollar General | 177.546 | 50.691 | –0.247 |
| 8 | 19 | Carl Edwards | |
Stanley | 177.340 | 50.750 | –0.306 |
| 9 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | |
Alliance Truck Parts | 177.291 | 50.764 | –0.320 |
| 10 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | |
AARP MEMBER ADVANTAGES | 177.211 | 50.787 | –0.343 |
| 11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | |
FedEx Office | 177.050 | 50.833 | –0.389 |
| 12 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | |
KOBOLT TOOLS | 176.651 | 50.948 | –0.504 |
| 13 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr | |
Furniture Row/Visser Precision | 176.446 | 51.007 | –0.563 |
| 14 | 31 | Ryan Newman | |
Caterpillar | 176.367 | 51.030 | –0.586 |
| 15 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | |
Microsoft | 176.339 | 51.038 | –0.594 |
| 16 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | |
Aquafina | 176.263 | 51.060 | –0.616 |
| 17 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | |
Lexar | 176.260 | 51.061 | –0.617 |
| 18 | 27 | Paul Menard | |
Sylvania / Menards | 175.943 | 51.153 | –0.709 |
| 19 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | |
Maxwell House | 175.774 | 51.202 | –0.758 |
| 20 | 10 | Danica Patrick | |
GoDaddy | 175.569 | 51.262 | –0.818 |
| 21 | 43 | Aric Almirola | |
United States Air Force | 175.131 | 51.390 | –0.946 |
| 22 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | |
Bush’s Grillin Beans | 175.067 | 51.409 | –0.965 |
| 23 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | |
Advocare Ford Fusion | 174.744 | 51.504 | –1.060 |
| 24 | 55 | David Ragan | |
Aaron’s Dream Machine | 174.676 | 51.524 | –1.080 |
| 25 | 16 | Greg Biffle | |
Roush Performance Ford Fusion | 174.723 | 51.510 | –1.066 |
| 26 | 13 | Casey Mears | |
No. 13 GEICO Chevrolet SS | 174.371 | 51.614 | –1.170 |
| 27 | 42 | Kyle Larson | |
Suave MEN | 174.348 | 51.621 | –1.177 |
| 28 | 7 | Alex Bowman | |
FW1 Wash and Wax | 174.004 | 51.723 | –1.279 |
| 29 | 40 | Landon Cassill | |
TBA | 173.842 | 51.771 | –1.327 |
| 30 | 9 | Sam Hornish Jr | |
Medallion Bank | 173.735 | 51.803 | –1.359 |
| 31 | 51 | Justin Allgaier | |
Fraternal Order of Eagles / Switch Hitch | 173.427 | 51.895 | –1.451 |
| 32 | 34 | Brett Moffitt | |
A&W All American Food | 173.330 | 51.924 | –1.480 |
| 33 | 35 | Cole Whitt | |
MDS Transportation | 173.247 | 51.949 | –1.505 |
| 34 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | |
Ford EcoBoost Ford Fusion | 173.174 | 51.971 | –1.527 |
| 35 | 23 | J.J. Yeley | |
Dr. Pepper | 172.662 | 52.125 | –1.681 |
| 36 | 83 | Matt DiBenedetto | |
Burger King | 172.622 | 52.137 | –1.693 |
| 37 | 38 | David Gilliland | |
Love’s Travel Stops | 172.510 | 52.171 | –1.727 |
| 38 | 26 | Jeb Burton | |
Maxim | 172.140 | 52.283 | –1.839 |
| 39 | 46 | Michael Annett | |
Pilot Flying J | 171.874 | 52.364 | –1.920 |
| 40 | 32 | Travis Kvapil | |
SKUTTLE TIGHT | 171.599 | 52.448 | –2.004 |
| 41 | 98 | Reed Sorenson | |
TBA | 168.297 | 53.477 | –3.033 |
| 42 | 33 | Alex Kennedy | |
Media Cast | 166.509 | 54.051 | –3.607 |
| 43 | 62 | Timmy Hill | |
TBA | 165.180 | 54.486 | –4.042 |
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