Martin Truex Jr. claims pole for Go Bowling 400: Toyota starts 1-2-3

by Amy Branch

Credit: Amy Branch for Skirts and Scuffs

Martin Truex Jr. won the Coors Light Pole Award for tonight's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway, with a lap of 28.284 seconds. This is Truex's eighth pole in his 380 starts in the Sprint Cup Series, his first pole in 2016 and sixth top-10 start of the season, and his first pole in 16 starts at Kansas Speedway. The Furniture Row Motorsports No. 78 has been fast all season, but is still searching for the first win.

Joe Gibbs Racing's Matt Kenseth will share the front row with Toyota teammate Truex. This makes for Kenseth's eighth top-10 start in 2016 and his ninth in 21 races at Kansas Speedway. 

Continuing JGR's domination, teammate Denny Hamlin will line up third for his eighth top-10 start at Kansas Speedway, and his ninth in 11 races this season. 

Kurt Busch and Brad Keselowski will roll off fourth and fifth respectively. Current Sprint Cup champion Kyle Busch starts sixth, and the highest qualifying rookie is Ryan Blaney, who qualified seventh.

The 6th annual Go Bowling 400 starts at 6:30 PM Central Time. Tune in to FS1, SiriusXM NASCAR Channel 90, or the PRN Network to watch or listen to what's sure to be an exciting race, if last night's Camping World Truck Series is any indication.

Position	Driver	No.
1	Martin Truex, Jr.	78
2	Matt Kenseth	20
3	Denny Hamlin	11
4	Kurt Busch	41
5	Brad Keselowski	2
6	Kyle Busch	18
7	Ryan Blaney	21
8	Ryan Newman	31
9	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	17
10	Trevor Bayne	6
11	Paul Menard	27
12	Carl Edwards	19
13	Chase Elliott	24
14	Joey Logano	22
15	Jimmie Johnson	48
16	Tony Stewart	14
17	Austin Dillon	3
18	Kyle Larson	42
19	Aric Almirola	43
20	Greg Biffle	16
21	Jamie McMurray	1
22	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88
23	Danica Patrick	10
24	Matt DiBenedetto	83
25	Chris Buescher	34
26	Kevin Harvick	4
27	Kasey Kahne	5
28	Brian Scott	44
29	A.J. Allmendinger	47
30	Michael McDowell	95
31	Casey Mears	13
32	Regan Smith	7
33	Clint Bowyer	15
34	David Ragan	23
35	Landon Cassill	38
36	Josh Wise	30
37	Cole Whitt	98
38	Joey Gase	32
39	Michael Annett	46
40	Reed Sorenson	55