Kyle Busch won the pole Friday for the Shelby 427 NASCAR Sprint Cup race, and his older brother, Kurt Busch, was second fastest in qualifying.
They became only the third brothers to do that in NASCAR’s 61-year history.
A blown engine in Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Toyota during practice earlier in the day forced his Joe Gibbs Racing team to install a new one.
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That means the Durango High School graduates will get to take a few warm-up laps at the front of the pack, but before the green flag waves to start Sunday’s 1:30 p.m. race, the younger Busch will have to drop to the rear of the 43-car field per NASCAR rules.
POS CAR DRIVER 1 18 Kyle Busch 2 2 Kurt Busch 3 48 Jimmie Johnson 4 0 David Reutimann 5 47 Marcos Ambrose 6 39 Ryan Newman 7 9 Kasey Kahne 8 5 Mark Martin 9 29 Kevin Harvick 10 14 Tony Stewart 11 12 David Stremme 12 77 Sam Hornish Jr. 13 25 Brad Keselowski 14 31 Jeff Burton 15 55 Michael Waltrip 16 99 Carl Edwards 17 96 Bobby Labonte 18 78 Regan Smith 19 44 A.J. Allmendinger 20 20 Joey Logano* 21 83 Brian Vickers 22 187 Joe Nemechek 23 42 Juan Montoya 24 16 Greg Biffle 25 1 Martin Truex Jr. 26 113 Max Papis 27 8 Aric Almirola 28 24 Jeff Gordon 29 34 John Andretti 30 171 David Gilliland 31 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 32 7 Robby Gordon 33 19 Elliott Sadler 34 11 Denny Hamlin 35 6 David Ragan 36 98 Paul Menard 37 33 Clint Bowyer 38 26 Jamie McMurray 39 43 Reed Sorenson 40 17 Matt Kenseth+ 41 7 Casey Mears+ 42 82 Scott Speed+* 43 64 Todd Bodine
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