Pole Report: Kyle Busch steals pole from Richard Petty Motorsports

Kyle Busch was the last to qualify at Watkins Glen on Saturday, and was successful in knocking A.J. Allmendinger off the pole as well as Allmendinger’s teammate, Marcos Ambrose off the front row. This is Busch’s eighth career pole. In 2008, he drove from the pole to Victory Lane at Watkins Glen.

With the Chase winding down, drivers are starting to scramble for the wild card positions. After Denny Hamlin crashed during his qualifying run he and his team determined that they will NOT go to a back up car for the race at The Glen tomorrow.

Here is the field:

1. Kyle Busch

2. A.J. Allmendinger

3. Marcos Ambrose

4. Jimmie Johnson

5. Juan Pablo Montoya

6. Ryan Newman

7. Tony Stewart

8. Carl Edwards

9. Martin Truex, Jr.

10. Regan Smith

11. Bobby Labonte

12. Brad Keselowski

13. Joey Logano

14. Jamie McMurray

15. Boris Said

16. David Ragan

17. Jeff Gordon

18. Kasey Kahne

19. Clint Bowyer

20. Brian Vickers

21. Joe Nemechek

22. Mark Martin

23. Kevin Harvick

24. Matt Kenseth

25. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

26. Casey Mears

27. Kurt Busch

28. Greg Biffle

29. Scott Speed

30. J.J. Yeley

31. Robby Gordon

32. Paul Menard

33. Michael McDowell

34. T.J. Bell

35. Anderw Ranger

36. Andy Lally

37. Mike Skinner

38. Ron Fellows

39. David Reutimann

40. Jeff Burton

41. David Gilliland

42. Denny Hamlin

43. Terry Labonte

Who did not make it:

Dave Blaney

Brian Simo

P.J. Jones

Television schedule:

26^th Annual Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen- 1 PM ET Sunday on ESPN