1 56 Martin Truex, Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 28.366 190.369
2 17 Matt Kenseth Best Buy Ford 28.399 190.148
3 16 Greg Biffle Filtrete Ford 28.403 190.121
4 55 Mark Martin Aaron’s Best of the Best Toyota 28.418 190.020
5 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 28.476 189.633
6 39 Ryan Newman US ARMY Chevrolet 28.497 189.494
7 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 28.501 189.467
8 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 28.514 189.381
9 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 28.527 189.294
10 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet 28.529 189.281
11 27 Paul Menard Quaker State/Menards Chevrolet 28.559 189.082
12 22 AJ Allmendinger Shell Pennzoil Dodge 28.568 189.023
13 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office/March of Dimes Toyota 28.589 188.884
14 20 Joey Logano Dollar General Toyota 28.601 188.805
15 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 28.624 188.653
16 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet 28.656 188.442
17 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 28.678 188.298
18 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 28.679 188.291
Martin Truex Jr. has absolutely been on fire so far in 2012, as has been the case with the whole Michael Waltrip Racing team. Those trends continued Friday during Coors Light Pole qualifying for Saturday night’s Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Truex posted a lap of 190.369 mph, which was just enough to edge out Roush-Fenway teammates Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle for the pole. This marks the seventh pole of Truex’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career, and it’s his second pole at Texas Motor Speedway.
Matt Kenseth was just saddened by being so close to the pole.
“That was good. I just would feel better if I got beat by more I guess. I felt like I got it all out of there and we just missed it a little bit. Our car has a lot of speed we just don’t have it driving exactly right yet. I had a couple different issues. A little bit of everything. It was a little too loose, but I had some other problems too.”
SHOW #182 – We discuss the latest Kyle Busch mis-step, it’s implications from sponsors to employees, Kerry even hits Dale Earnhardt Jr. with a question about it. Plus we hear from Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart and much, much more. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Paul Northrop (About 49 mins)
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 7, 2011) – NASCAR has fined Kyle Busch $50,000 and placed him on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31 for his actions during the Nov. 4 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kyle Busch violated Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing) of the 2011 NASCAR Rule Book. NASCAR took immediate action, parking Busch for the remainder of Friday night’s event and maintaining the parked position for the NASCAR Nationwide and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. On Monday, the parking directive was lifted by NASCAR.
In issuing Monday’s penalty, NASCAR went on to say that “if during the remaining NASCAR events in 2011 there is another action by the competitor that is deemed by NASCAR officials as detrimental to stock car racing or to NASCAR, or is disruptive to the orderly conduct of an event, the competitor will be suspended indefinitely from NASCAR.”
1 5 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet
2 7 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford
3 9 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota
4 3 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford
5 1 16 Greg Biffle Scotch Blue Ford
6 23 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet
7 16 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard by Tradition/AMP Chevrolet
8 19 56 Martin Truex, Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
9 18 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet
10 26 43 AJ Allmendinger Immortals/Best Buy Ford
11 12 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford
12 2 6 David Ragan UPS My Choice Ford
13 21 29 Kevin Harvick Rheem Chevrolet
14 11 48 Jimmie Johnson mylowes Chevrolet
15 4 27 Paul Menard Quaker State/Menards Chevrolet
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1 56 Martin Truex, Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 28.366 190.369
