Kyle, Kurt Share Front Row For NRA 500

Kyle Busch will start from the pole position in Saturday night’s NRA 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Busch set a new TMS track record with a lap in 27.509 seconds, at 196.299 mph to claim his 12^th career pole in his 300^th Sprint Cup Series start, and the third pole of the season for Joe Gibbs Racing. He is the first repeat pole winner of the 2013 season, after topping qualifying at Bristol Motor Speedway two races ago.

Older brother Kurt Busch will start alongside Saturday, the second time the Busch Brothers will share the front row in a Sprint Cup race. They also qualified one-two at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2009. Aric Almirola starts third for Richard Petty Motorsports, his first Top-10 qualifying effort of the season. RPM teammate Marcos Ambrose and Martin Truex, Jr. completed the Top-5, followed by Dale Earnhardt, Jr., point leader Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards and Juan Pablo Montoya.

Two drivers failed to qualify; Scott Speed and Scott Riggs.

Time Trial Results:

Pos #   Driver

1    18   Kyle Busch

2    78   Kurt Busch
3    43   Aric Almirola
4     9    Marcos Ambrose
5    56   Martin Truex Jr.
6    88   Dale Earnhardt Jr.
7    48   Jimmie Johnson
8    24   Jeff Gordon
9    99   Carl Edwards
10  42   Juan Pablo Montoya
11   1    Jamie McMurray
12   51 Austin Dillon (i)
13   14 Tony Stewart
14    5   Kasey Kahne
15   11 Brian Vickers (i)
16    2   Brad Keselowski
17   17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #
18   22 Joey Logano
19   27 Paul Menard
20   20  Matt Kenseth
21   31  Jeff Burton
22   21  Trevor Bayne(i)
23   55  Mark Martin
24   13  Casey Mears
25   34  David Ragan
26   15  Clint Bowyer
27   38  David Gilliland
28    7   Dave Blaney
29   29  Kevin Harvick
30   47  Bobby Labonte
31   39  Ryan Newman
32   93  Travis Kvapil
33   30  David Stremme
34   19  Mike Bliss(i)
35   16  Greg Biffle
36   36  JJ Yeley
37   98  Michael McDowell
38   83  David Reutimann
39   33  Landon Cassill
40   35  Josh Wise(i)
41   87  Joe Nemechek(i)
42   10  Danica Patrick #
43   95  Scott Speed
44   32  Timmy Hill #
45   44  Scott Riggs