NNS Pole Report: Kyle Busch captures the Coors Light Pole Award, Joe Gibbs Racing rolls off the grid 1, 2, 3

Photo Credit: Tom Pennington/NASCAR

Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota, won the Coors Light Pole award for the Royal Purple 300 with a speed of 178.607 in 40.312 seconds. This marks his 28th pole in the Nationwide Series and second pole of the 2013 season.

Notable Qualifying Facts:

• Joe Gibbs Racing captured the top three qualifying spots (Kyle Busch P1, Elliott Sadler P2 & Brian Vickers P3)
• Nelson Piquet Jr was the fastest qualifying rookie, fifth

Starting Lineup:

1. Kyle Busch
2. Elliott Sadler
3. Brian Vickers
4. Brad Keselowski
5. Nelson Piquet Jr
6. Alex Bowman
7. Sam Hornish Jr
8. Parker Kligerman
9. Kyle Larson
10. Mike Bliss
11. Austin Dillon
12. Brian Scott
13. Dakoda Armstrong
14. Travis Pastrana
15. Trevor Bayne
16. Regan Smith
17. Kevin Swindell
18. Justin Allgaier
19. Reed Sorenson
20. Jeff Green
21. Brad Sweet
22. Joe Nemechek
23. Jeremy Clements
24. Josh Wise
25. Scott Riggs
26. Mike Wallace
27. Landon Cassill 
28. Paulie Harraka
29. Jamie Dick
30. Michael McDowell
31. J.J. Yeley
32. Joey Gase
33. Blake Koch
34. Hal Martin
35. Jason White
36. Carl Long
37. Eric McClure
38. Juan Carlos Blum
39. Mike Harmon
40. Dexter Stacey


DNQ: Tony Raines, Chase Miller

The Royal Purple 300 at Auto Club Speedway will be broadcast on ESPN today at 5 p.m. ET

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