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Kenseth takes pole at Bristol

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Saturday 18th April, 2015 - 11:34am
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Kenseth takes pole at Thunder Valley

Matt Kenseth has won the pole for the Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes and Stand Up to Cancer at the world’s fastest half-mile track – Bristol Motor Speedway.

Kenseth set a speed of 207.137 km/h (128.632 mph) in the last of the three rounds of group qualifying to secure his first pole of the 2015 season, second pole at Bristol Motor Speedway and the 14th of his career.

Further good news for Kenseth is that he has three career Sprint Cup wins at Bristol in 30 previous starts.

Sharing the front row will be Brad Keselowski, while Carl Edwards and championship leader Kevin Harvick will start one row back.

Missing the top-12 final qualifying runoff where Dale Earnhardt Jr. (starting 13th), Kyle Larson (starting 14th), Martin Truex Jr. (starting 16th), Tony Stewart (starting 21st) and Jeff Gordon (starting 23rd).

While last week’s race winner in Texas Jimmie Johnson will start from 28th.

The major incident during the qualifying runs went the way of Greg Biffle who lost control off of Turn 3 just over three minutes into the opening round of qualifying. His car went sideways and somehow suffered little damage and he will start from 33rd.

Brendan Gaughan and Ron Hornaday Jr. did not qualify for the 43-car field.

 
POS. CAR # DRIVER MANUFACTURER SPONSOR MPH BEST TIME BEHIND
1 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General 128.632 14.917 Leader
2 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite 128.442 14.939 –0.022
3 19 Carl Edwards COMCAST BUSINESS 128.322 14.953 –0.036
4 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John’s/ Budweiser 128.211 14.966 –0.049
5 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight 127.419 15.059 –0.142
6 22 Joey Logano AutoTrader 127.317 15.071 –0.154
7 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation 126.871 15.124 –0.207
8 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips 126.829 15.129 –0.212
9 27 Paul Menard Sylvania / Menards 126.829 15.129 –0.212
10 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald’s 126.612 15.155 –0.238
11 18 David Ragan Snickers Extreme 126.436 15.176 –0.259
12 3 Austin Dillon Dow 126.262 15.197 –0.280
13 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr MOUNTAIN DEW DEWSHINE 127.081 15.099 –0.182
14 42 Kyle Larson Target 127.073 15.100 –0.183
15 51 Justin Allgaier Auto Owners Insurance 126.562 15.161 –0.244
16 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row/Visser Precision 126.503 15.168 –0.251
17 40 Landon Cassill TBA 126.428 15.177 –0.260
18 31 Ryan Newman WIX 126.088 15.218 –0.301
19 95 Michael McDowell Thrivent Financial 125.947 15.235 –0.318
20 47 AJ Allmendinger Bush’s Beans 125.939 15.236 –0.319
21 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1 125.831 15.249 –0.332
22 83 Matt DiBenedetto Dustless Blasting 125.798 15.253 –0.336
23 24 Jeff Gordon 3M 125.609 15.276 –0.359
24 55 Brett Moffitt Aaron’s Dream Machine 125.199 15.326 –0.409
25 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Zest Ford Fusion 126.378 15.183 –0.266
26 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy 126.328 15.189 –0.272
27 13 Casey Mears No. 13 GEICO Chevrolet SS 126.303 15.192 –0.275
28 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s 126.146 15.211 –0.294
29 23 J.J. Yeley Dr. Pepper “I’m a Pepper” 126.046 15.223 –0.306
30 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield 125.823 15.250 –0.333
31 6 Trevor Bayne Advocare Ford Fusion 125.798 15.253 –0.336
32 38 David Gilliland MDS Transport 125.625 15.274 –0.357
33 16 Greg Biffle Ortho Ford Fusion 125.551 15.283 –0.366
34 26 Jeb Burton MaximFantasySports.com 125.510 15.288 –0.371
35 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing 125.453 15.295 –0.378
36 46 Michael Annett Pilot Flying J 125.158 15.331 –0.414
37 15 Clint Bowyer 5-Hour Energy 125.020 15.348 –0.431
38 34 Chris Buescher CSX / Play It Safe 125.020 15.348 –0.431
39 9 Sam Hornish Jr Nature Blast 124.938 15.358 –0.441
40 7 Alex Bowman TBA 124.557 15.405 –0.488
41 32 Mike Bliss KEEN PARTS/VISONE RV 124.130 15.458 –0.541
42 35 Cole Whitt Tweaker Energy Shots 124.050 15.468 –0.551
43 33 Alex Kennedy Media Cast 123.610 15.523 –0.606

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