Martin Truex Jr. backed-up his practice pace to score pole for the GoBowling 400 at Kansas Speedway.
Truex powered his Toyota to a pole-winning lap of 307.258km/h (190.921mph) in the third and final round of qualifying.
The pole position was Truex’s first of the season, his first at the 1.5-mile Kansas City track and the eighth of his Sprint Cup career. He led a 1-2-3 sweep of drivers affiliated with Joe Gibbs Racing.
“We’ve had speed here this weekend for sure and feel pretty good about this car in race trim as too,” said Truex Jr.
“We feel like we made some mistakes throughout qualifying and it took us a while to figure out this three round deal. Things have really been going well for us and clicking well. I love this race track. We’ve really been able to perform well here.”
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Matt Kenseth will start alongside Truex Jr., while Denny Hamlin and Kurt Busch (Chevrolet) and last week’s Talladega winner Brad Keselowski completed the top-5.
The big surprise was Kevin Harvick, a three-time pole winner at Kansas, who was only fast enough for 26th.
QUALIFYING: GoBowling 400 – Kansas Speedway
POS.
CAR #
DRIVER
MAKE
SPONSOR
MPH
BEST TIME
BEHIND
1
78
Martin Truex Jr
Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats
190.921
28.284
Leader
2
20
Matt Kenseth
Dollar General
190.564
28.337
–0.053
3
11
Denny Hamlin
FedEx Freight
190.402
28.361
–0.077
4
41
Kurt Busch
Haas Automation / Monster Energy Chevrolet SS
190.134
28.401
–0.117
5
2
Brad Keselowski
Alliance Truck Parts
189.907
28.435
–0.151
6
18
Kyle Busch
M&M’s Red Nose
189.873
28.440
–0.156
7
21
Ryan Blaney
Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire + Auto Center
189.673
28.470
–0.186
8
31
Ryan Newman
Grainger
189.553
28.488
–0.204
9
17
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Zest Ford Fusion
189.261
28.532
–0.248
10
6
Trevor Bayne
Advocare Ford Fusion
188.627
28.628
–0.344
11
27
Paul Menard
Nibco / Menards
188.114
28.706
–0.422
12
19
Carl Edwards
Stanley
187.957
28.730
–0.446
13
24
Chase Elliott
NAPA Auto Parts
189.003
28.571
–0.287
14
22
Joey Logano
AAA
188.983
28.574
–0.290
15
48
Jimmie Johnson
Lowe’s
188.719
28.614
–0.330
16
14
Tony Stewart
Mobil 1 Chevrolet SS
188.587
28.634
–0.350
17
3
Austin Dillon
American Ethanol
188.567
28.637
–0.353
18
42
Kyle Larson
Glad to Give
188.541
28.641
–0.357
19
43
Aric Almirola
Smithfield
188.390
28.664
–0.380
20
16
Greg Biffle
Ford EcoBoost Ford Fusion
188.055
28.715
–0.431
21
1
Jamie McMurray
McDonald’s
187.898
28.739
–0.455
22
88
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Axalta
187.013
28.875
–0.591
23
10
Danica Patrick
Nature’s Bakery Chevrolet SS
186.812
28.906
–0.622
24
83
Matt DiBenedetto
Cosmo Motors
186.503
28.954
–0.670
25
34
Chris Buescher
Dockside Logistics
187.428
28.811
–0.527
26
4
Kevin Harvick
Jimmy John’s Chevrolet SS
187.156
28.853
–0.569
27
5
Kasey Kahne
Farmers Insurance
187.149
28.854
–0.570
28
44
Brian Scott
GoBowling.com
187.071
28.866
–0.582
29
47
AJ Allmendinger
Dillons / Glad to Give
186.690
28.925
–0.641
30
95
Michael McDowell
WRL General Contractors
186.677
28.927
–0.643
31
13
Casey Mears
GEICO
186.638
28.933
–0.649
32
7
Regan Smith
APC Chevrolet
186.387
28.972
–0.688
33
15
Clint Bowyer
5-Hour Energy
186.290
28.987
–0.703
34
23
David Ragan
Dr. Pepper
185.491
29.112
–0.828
35
38
Landon Cassill
MDS Transport
184.938
29.199
–0.915
36
30
Josh Wise
Curtis Key Plumbing
183.555
29.419
–1.135
37
98
Cole Whitt
Tweaker Energy Shot Chevrolet
183.038
29.502
–1.218
38
32
Joey Gase
DieselSales.com / Spark Energy
181.953
29.678
–1.394
39
46
Michael Annett
Allstate Peterbilt Group
178.436
30.263
–1.979
40
55
Reed Sorenson
TBA
177.480
30.426
–2.142
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