Kyle Busch‘s strong weekend continued as the Nevadan soared to the Coors Light Pole Award for Saturday’s Drive for Safety 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. The result is Busch’s 55th-career NASCAR XFINITY Series pole, and his seventh pole of 2016.
Joining Busch on the front row will be Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Daniel Suarez. Justin Allgaier, Elliott Sadler and Erik Jones will complete the top 5, with Paul Menard, Clint Bowyer, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano and Ty Dillon rounding out the top 10.
Busch returns on Saturday after winning Friday’s Camping World Truck Series race. However, Busch’s Kyle Busch Motorsports truck failed post-race inspection after the win.
Busch’s No. 18 NOS Energy Toyota blew a motor in Friday’s XFINITY Series practice session. His team swapped motors overnight, and Busch won’t be required to start at the tail end of the field because the issue occurred before qualifying.
Saturday’s race serves as the regular season finale for the XFINITY Series. The 12-team XFINITY Series Chase grid will begin in next weekend’s standalone race at Kentucky Speedway.
Coverage for the Drive for Safety 300 will begin at 3 p.m. ET on NBC.
Aaron Bearden is a Frontstretch alumnus who’s come back home as the site’s Short Track Editor. When he isn’t working with our grassroots writers, he can be found talking about racing on his Morning Warmup newsletter, pestering his wife/dog or convincing himself the Indiana Pacers can win an NBA title.
TOTAL BULLS**T !!!!!!!!!!
Another Race ruined by the Cup Drivers
KYLE BUSCH 1ST, PAUL MENARD 6TH, CLINT BOWYER 7TH, KYLE LARSON 8TH, JOEY LOGANO 9TH and
MATT DiBENEDETTO 24TH.
Most likely Kyle Busch will DOMINATE RACE….