Kurt Busch claims the pole for the Duck Commander 500

Credit: Debbie Ross/Skirts and Scuffs

Kurt Busch grabbed his second pole of the season and the 18th of his career Friday for the Duck Commander 500. His lap of 193.847 knocked teammate Kevin Harvick off the top rung, giving Busch his first pole at Texas Motor Speedway.

"It's good to have a fast car at Texas," said Busch. "You can feel the speed here."

Harvick starts in the top 10 for the fourth time this season, and expressed his appreciation for having Busch back in the racecar.

“It’s just really good to have his feedback. He’s really good with the cars," said Harvick. 

Brad Keslowski lines up behind Busch in third, with Kasey Kahne in fourth. Kahne believed he had a lap fast enough for the pole if he hadn't lifted a bit in Turn Two. 

Jimmie Johnson rounds out the top five, one of eight Hendrick engines in the top twelve. 

The Duck Commander 500 starts Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Central Time on FOX and PRN Radio.


Here's the full starting line up:

Rank	Driver	Nbr	Speed
1	Kurt Busch	41	193.847
2	Kevin Harvick	4	193.722
3	Brad Keselowski	2	193.195
4	Kasey Kahne	5	192.933
5	Jimmie Johnson	48	192.424
6	Joey Logano	22	192.369
7	Ryan Newman	31	192.253
8	Paul Menard	27	192.109
9	Kyle Larson	42	192.048
10	Jamie McMurray	1	191.721
11	Tony Stewart	14	191.489
12	Jeff Gordon	24	189.547
13	Ryan Blaney	21	192.273
14	Austin Dillon	3	192.267
15	Martin Truex, Jr.	78	192.232
16	Carl Edwards	19	191.973
17	Matt Kenseth	20	191.918
18	Denny Hamlin	11	191.884
19	Greg Biffle	16	191.768
20	Casey Mears	13	191.421
21	Danica Patrick	10	191.096
22	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	17	190.880
23	Trevor Bayne	6	190.523
24	Justin Allgaier	51	190.483
25	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	192.068
26	A.J. Allmendinger	47	191.966
27	Clint Bowyer	15	191.639
28	Michael Annett	46	191.530
29	Sam Hornish, Jr.	9	191.483
30	David Ragan	18	191.455
31	Cole Whitt	35	191.367
32	Aric Almirola	43	191.340
33	Landon Cassill	40	191.340
34	Alex Bowman	7	191.245
35	Josh Wise	98	190.988
36	Brett Moffitt	55	190.894
37	Mike Bliss	32	190.362
38	David Gilliland	38	190.288
39	Michael McDowell	95	190.255
40	Chris Buescher	34	189.361
41	J.J. Yeley	23	188.673
42	Matt DiBenedetto	83	187.774
43	Alex Kennedy	33	185.746