NNS Pole Report: Busch on pole while champion contenders start 2-4

Heading into Homestead, this is Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s championship to lose. With 20 points separating Stenhouse and Elliott Sadler, all Stenhouse needs to do is finish 16th of better today. Talk about pressure! On the outside looking in, Austin Dillon, just five more points behind Sadler.

Kyle Busch claimed his 26th career Nationwide pole while all three championship contenders line up directly behind him.

Qualifying results:

1. Kyle Busch
2. Elliott Sadler
3. Austin Dillon
4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
5. Joey Logano
6. Justin Allgaier
7. Brian Scott
8. Cole Whitt
9. Blake Koch
10. Regan Smith
11. Sam Hornish Jr.
12. Ryan Truex
13. Scott Lagasse Jr. 
14. Danica Patrick
15. Joey Coulter
16. Brendan Gaughan
17. Kenny Wallace
18. Brad Sweet
19. Dakoda Armstrong
20. Ryan Blaney
21. Andrew Ranger
22. Kevin Swindell
23. Jeremy Clements
24. Mike Bliss
25. Joe Nemechek
26. Hal Martin
27. John Blankenship
28. David Starr
29. Chase Miller
30. Eric McClure
31. Jeffrey Earnhardt
32. Michael Annett
33. Joey Gase
34. Mike Wallace
35. Jason Bowles
36. Josh Wise
37. Johanna Long
38. Erik Darnell
39. Juan Carlos Blum
40. Dexter Stacey
41. Robert Richardson Jr.
42. Danny Efland
43. Jeff Green

Failing to qualify: Timmy Hill, Scott Riggs, J.J. Yeley and Morgan Shepherd