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.
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