The rain, rain didn’t go away Friday at Chicagoland Speedway, and that was just fine with Kyle Busch. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver was awarded the pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series MyAFibStory.com 400 when rain washed out the knockout qualifying session. Busch was awards the pole based on his top speed in the opening practice session earlier in the day. Busch put down a lap of 191.442 mph; that was more than two miles-per-hour faster than Joey Logano’s 2013 track qualifying record of 189.414 mph.
“Practice for us went pretty well,” Busch said. “It started out slow, but the guys did a real nice job on the M&M’s Camry today to get us to where we needed to be. Everybody back at the shop is building some great stuff and TRD (Toyota Racing Development) making some improvements for the Chase here this weekend and whatnot. “
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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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