Kahne wins pole in Kansas
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| Kasey Kahne |
Kasey Kahne put his Budweiser Ford on pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway. Transparently, the headquarters’ of Budweiser is in nearby St. Louis and they are sure to have a lot of guests at the race so having the Budweiser car on pole is the perfect scenario. Paul Menard will start 2nd making it an all-Ford front row.
Kahne turned a lap at 174.644 mph in his Ford during Friday's qualifying session. Richard Petty Motorsports teammate Paul Menard's lap was 174.469.
Jeff Gordon qualified third at 174.430 in his DuPont Chevrolet. He is the highest qualifying driver in the Chase field.
Joey Logano was fourth in a Toyota, followed by Greg Biffle in a Ford, Ryan Newman in a Chevrolet and Juan Montoya in a Chevrolet.
Matt Kenseth qualified eighth in a Ford, Kurt Busch was the highest-qualifying Dodge at ninth and David Ragan rounded out the top 10 in a Ford.
Non-Chase drivers took six of the top 10 spots.
Results
| POS | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
| 1 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Ford | Budweiser | 174.644 | 30.920 | Leader |
| 2 | 98 | Paul Menard | Ford | Zecol / Menards | 174.469 | 30.951 | -0.031 |
| 3 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 174.430 | 30.958 | -0.038 |
| 4 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 174.312 | 30.979 | -0.059 |
| 5 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | Sherwin Williams / 3M | 174.255 | 30.989 | -0.069 |
| 6 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | 174.149 | 31.008 | -0.088 |
| 7 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 173.952 | 31.043 | -0.123 |
| 8 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Crown Royal Black | 173.902 | 31.052 | -0.132 |
| 9 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Operation Home Front / Miller Lite | 173.874 | 31.057 | -0.137 |
| 10 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS | 173.768 | 31.076 | -0.156 |
| 11 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Ford | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center | 173.751 | 31.079 | -0.159 |
| 12 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Freight | 173.701 | 31.088 | -0.168 |
| 13 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Companies | 173.622 | 31.102 | -0.182 |
| 14 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Office Depot / Old Spice | 173.416 | 31.139 | -0.219 |
| 15 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Ford | Stanley / Susan G Komen for the Cure | 173.377 | 31.146 | -0.226 |
| 16 | 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 173.349 | 31.151 | -0.231 |
| 17 | 09 | Bobby Labonte | Chevrolet | Phoenix Construction | 173.321 | 31.156 | -0.236 |
| 18 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | AAA | 173.227 | 31.173 | -0.253 |
| 19 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's | 173.177 | 31.182 | -0.262 |
| 20 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | National Guard / Amp Energy | 173.077 | 31.200 | -0.280 |
| 21 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Johns Manville | 173.038 | 31.207 | -0.287 |
| 22 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker | 173.033 | 31.208 | -0.288 |
| 23 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 173.021 | 31.210 | -0.290 |
| 24 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Shell / Pennzoil | 172.960 | 31.221 | -0.301 |
| 25 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA / Susan G Komen for the Cure | 172.933 | 31.226 | -0.306 |
| 26 | 12 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Penske Racing | 172.883 | 31.235 | -0.315 |
| 27 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper | 172.789 | 31.252 | -0.332 |
| 28 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | 172.706 | 31.267 | -0.347 |
| 29 | 46 | Michael McDowell | Dodge | Cash America | 172.612 | 31.284 | -0.364 |
| 30 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | Insignia HDTV / Best Buy | 172.557 | 31.294 | -0.374 |
| 31 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Aflac | 172.529 | 31.299 | -0.379 |
| 32 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | Toyota | Little Debbie | 172.408 | 31.321 | -0.401 |
| 33 | 82 | Scott Speed | Toyota | Red Bull | 172.046 | 31.387 | -0.467 |
| 34 | 83 | Reed Sorenson | Toyota | Red Bull | 172.024 | 31.391 | -0.471 |
| 35 | 164 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | Gunselman Motorsports | 171.986 | 31.398 | -0.478 |
| 36 | 26 | Patrick Carpentier | Ford | Air National Guard | 171.734 | 31.444 | -0.524 |
| 37 | 13 | Casey Mears | Toyota | GEICO | 171.723 | 31.446 | -0.526 |
| 38 | 37 | David Gilliland | Ford | Taco Bell | 171.510 | 31.485 | -0.565 |
| 39 | 36 | J.J. Yeley | Chevrolet | Tommy Baldwin Racing | 171.396 | 31.506 | -0.586 |
| 40 | 38 | Dave Blaney | Ford | A&W All American Food | 171.266 | 31.530 | -0.610 |
| 41 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | FrontRowJoe.com | 171.255 | 31.532 | -0.612 |
| 42 | 34 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Long John Silver's | 170.719 | 31.631 | -0.711 |
| 43 | 55 | Mike Bliss | Toyota | Prism Motorsports | 170.557 | 31.661 | -0.741 |
| 44 | 7 | Kevin Conway* | Toyota | Extenze | 170.309 | 31.707 | -0.787 |
| 45 | 66 | Jason Leffler | Toyota | Prism Motorsports | 169.465 | 31.865 | -0.945 |
| 46 | 71 | Tony Raines | Chevrolet | TRG Mtrsprts / TaxSlayer.com | 169.438 | 31.870 | -0.950 |
+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie