NNS Pole report: Kyle Busch wins track record third Nationwide pole at Texas Motor Speedway

Will Rowdy achieve redemption in Texas by winning the O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge? He's given himself a boost by qualifying P1 at the Great American Speedway. Points leader Elliott Sadler, who says he's having the most fun racing that he's had since his South Boston days, sits on the outside pole. To make things interesting for spectators, Kevin Harvick starts on the second row in third position. Rookie Austin Dillon qualified fourth and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will be starting fifth.

In 242 Nationwide races, Busch started from the first position 25 times, fourth all-time. 

The complete starting order: 

Pos  Car   Driver

1 54 Kyle Busch  

2 2 Elliott Sadler  

3 33 Kevin Harvick  

4 3 Austin Dillon*  

5 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 

6 88 Cole Whitt*  

7 20 Joey Logano  

8 7 Danica Patrick  

9 18 Denny Hamlin  

10 199 Kenny Wallace  

11 11 Brian Scott  

12 30 Ryan Newman  

13 51 Jeremy Clements  

14 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge  

15 38 Brad Sweet*  

16 10 Mike Bliss Toyota  

17 31 Justin Allgaier  

18 43 Michael Annett  

19 22 Ryan Blaney  

20 198 Kevin Swindell  

21 70 Johanna Long*  

22 14 Eric McClure  

23 87 Joe Nemechek  

24 124 David Starr  

25 100 Blake Koch  

26 44 John Blankenship  

27 01 Mike Wallace  

28 42 Josh Wise  

29 47 J.J. Yeley  

30 81 Jason Bowles*  

31 191 Jeff Green  

32 03 Scott Riggs  

33 52 Joey Gase*  

34 19 Hal Martin  

35 175 Kelly Bires   

36 108 Scott Saunders  

37 86 Kevin Lepage  

38 50 T.J. Bell  

39 46 Chase Miller  

40 39 Tim Andrews  

41 40 Erik Darnell  

42 23 Robert Richardson Jr.  

43 15 Timmy Hill  

*denotes rookie

DID NOT QUALIFY

44 113 Jennifer Jo Cobb  

45 89 Morgan Shepherd  

46 41 Juan Carlos Blum  

47 4 Danny Efland