Busch circled the track Friday at Kentucky Speedway in 28.379 seconds and a top speed of 190.282 mph. Martin Truex Jr.will join Busch on the front row as the third round of qualifying was canceled because of incoming weather.
Matt Kenseth, Jamie McMurray and Denny Hamlin round out the top five with Ryan Blaney joining Hamlin on the third row.
Chase Elliott, who had also broken the previous track record, was first following the opening round of qualifying as rain continued to threaten Friday’s qualifying at Kentucky Speedway. Elliott finished qualifying at 12th.
Points leader Kyle Larson had the fastest practice speed, but could not get through inspection in time and will begin Saturday’s race in the back of the pack at 40th.
With a storm system looming, there were doubts if Friday’s qualifying would be washed out altogether. Had that been the case, Larson would have started up front.
Starting lineup for Saturday night’s NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series Quaker State 400
- Kyle Busch2. Martin Truex Jr.3. Matt Kenseth4. Jamie McMurray5. Denny Hamlin6. Ryan Blaney7. Kevin Harvick8. Jimmie Johnson9. Daniel Suarez10. Brad Keselowski11. Joey Logano12. Chase Elliott13. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 14. Erik Jones15. Kurt Busch16. Clint Bowyer17. Darrell Wallace Jr. 18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.19. Trevor Bayne20. Danica Patrick21. Michael McDowell22. Chris Buescher23. Kasey Kahne24. Paul Menard25. Austin Dillon 26. David Ragan27. Ty Dillon28. AJ Allmendinger29. Ryan Newman30. Matt DiBenedetto31. Ryan Sieg32. Cole Whitt33. Reed Sorenson34. Joey Gase35. Landon Cassill36. Jeffrey Earnhardt37. B.J. McCleod38. Timmy Hill39. Gray Gaulding40. Kyle Larson
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