NNS Pole Report: Travis Pastrana wins first career pole

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Travis Pastrana earned his first career pole today during qualifying for Saturday’s Nationwide race at Talladega. Pastrana had a time of 54.225 seconds and a speed of 176.500 MPH.  This also marks Pastrana’s first full season with Roush Fenway Racing, as well as his first time racing in Talladega.  

This is also team owner Jack Roush's first pole here at Talladega.

Here’s the starting lineup for Saturday's Aaron's 312:

1. Travis Pastrana
2. Austin Dillon
3. Trevor Bayne
4. Danica Patrick
5. Justin Allgaier
6. Sam Hornish Jr.
7. Elliot Sadler
8. Brian Scott
9. Kurt Busch
10. Joey Coulter 
11. Kasey Kahne 
12. Joey Logano
13. Jeff Green
14. Alex Bowman
15. Reed Sorenson
16. Nelson Piquet Jr.
17. Ty Dillon
18. Parker Kligerman
19. Kyle Larson
20. Regan Smith
21. Brian Vickers
22. Landon Cassill
23. Eric McClure
24. Mike Bliss
25. Johanna Long
26. Bobby Gerhart
27. Jeffrey Earnhardt
28. Mike Harmon
29. Jamie Dick
30. Joe Nemechek
31. Jason White
32. Hal Martin
33. Robert Richardson
34. Blake Koch
35. Morgan Shepherd
36. Donnie Neuenberger
37. Jeremy Clements
38. Mike Wallace
39. Josh Wise
40. Tim Andrews

Failed to qualify: Stanton Barrett, John Wes Townley (Townley originally qualified 10th, but his car was deemed too low, so his time did not count)

UPDATE: John Wes Townley will be replacing Jeff Green in the No. 10 Toyota.

Aaron's 312 coverage will begin on ESPN at 3:00 Eastern with green flag at 3:36 p.m.