Kurt Busch will lead the field to the green for Saturday nights NASCAR Sprint Cup series Duck Commander 500. Busch took the top spot from his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kevin Harvick in the third and final round of knockout qualifying Friday night to secure his 18th career pole and his first at Texas Motor Speedway.
“Everything is so tight in qualifying,” Busch said.”I wanted to run the same time each time out. With the track continuing to change, with the sun and the shade, then the track rubber built up, air pressures are changing and tires are dropping off… everybody chipped in. The guys at the track, the guys at the shop, the tire guy, the engine guy, everyone chipped in. “
Busch put down a lap of 27.857, 193.847 miles per hour with just over a minute to go in the five minute session. The lap bested Harvick’s 27.875, 193.722 mph lap that he did with just over two and half minutes gone in the session. MORE>>>
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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