Kyle Cops Darlington Nationwide Pole

Kyle Busch will start on the pole for tonight’s NASCAR Nationwide Series “VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200” at Darlington Raceway, after posting a fast time of  28.494 seconds, at 172.583 mph. 

The pole was the 29^th of Busch’s 252-race Nationwide Series career and his third of 2013. Busch has won both of the races he started from the pole this season, and has claimed a total of 13 Nationwide races from the inside of the front row, most of all drivers. 

Elliott Sadler will start second tonight, followed by Matt Kenseth, Brian Vickers and Justin Allgaier. Kasey Kahne, rookie Kyle Larson, Austin Dillon, Sam Hornish, Jr., and Trevor Bayne completed the Top-10. Point leader Regan Smith will start eleventh. A total of 42 drivers attempted to qualify for tonight’s race, Jason Bowles and Derrike Cope failed to make the field. 

Unofficial Qualifying Results

Pos # Driver

1 54 Kyle Busch
2 11 Elliott Sadler
3 18 Matt Kenseth
4 20 Brian Vickers
5 31 Justin Allgaier
6 5 Kasey Kahne
7 32 Kyle Larson #
8 3 Austin Dillon
9 12 Sam Hornish Jr.
10 6 Trevor Bayne
11 7 Regan Smith
12 77 Parker Kligerman
13 99 Alex Bowman #
14 22 Joey Logano
15 33 Ty Dillon
16 43 Reed Sorenson
17 60 Travis Pastrana
18 16 Chris Buescher
19 19 Mike Bliss
20 4 Landon Cassill
21 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. #
22 40 Josh Wise
23 42 JJ Yeley
24 00 Blake Koch
25 01 Mike Wallace
26 2 Brian Scott
27 51 Jeremy Clements
28 87 Joe Nemechek
29 17 Tanner Berryhill
30 92 Dexter Stacey #
31 10 Jeff Green
32 46 Chase Miller
33 79 Kyle Fowler
34 44 Hal Martin #
35 23 Harrison Rhodes
36 52 Kevin Lepage
37 24 Bryan Silas
38 14 Eric McClure
39 74 Danny Efland
40 47 Jason Bowles
41 70 Tony Raines
42 73 Derrike Cope