LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Kyle Busch backed up his fast practice lap by winning the pole Friday for the UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway his first at his home track.Busch turned a lap of 182.352 mph in his Joe Gibbs racing M&M's Toyota. It was Busch's third career Sprint Cup Series pole and his first since Phoenix in 2006.The pole continued Busch's hot streak to start the NASCAR seas
on.He comes into the weekend's race leading the Sprint Cup Series standings as well as the Craftsman Truck Series while sitting in second place over in the Nationwide Series."It’s cool, it’s fun and it’s great and all, but we’re two weeks in," Busch said. "We need it two weeks to go. There’s a lot of stuff, a lot of laps and a lot of corners to go through and a lot of pit stops and everything else."Hopefully we can keep it and ride this wave for however long it lasts. I’m a pretty good surfer, so it shouldn’t be too hard."Last week's Auto Club Speedway winner Carl Edwards qualified second in his Roush Fenway Racing Office Depot Ford.Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon and Mike Skinner, the fastest of the drivers who needed to qualify on time, rounded out the top five.
Greg Biffle, Scott Riggs, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kurt Busch and Elliott Sadler completed the first ten qualifiers.Jimmie Johnson, who is shooting for his fourth straight UAW-Dodge 400 win, had a tough qualifying effort and turned in the 35th fastest lap.Despite the effort and the bad start to the season at Daytona, Johnson isn't concerned.“Man it’s only two races in," he said. "From our standpoint, we finished second and third last week and unfortunately two cars were wrecked early. Daytona is Daytona; we’ve thrown that out the window. We feel like we’re doing just fine. We have nothing to fear, nothing to worry about."
on.He comes into the weekend's race leading the Sprint Cup Series standings as well as the Craftsman Truck Series while sitting in second place over in the Nationwide Series."It’s cool, it’s fun and it’s great and all, but we’re two weeks in," Busch said. "We need it two weeks to go. There’s a lot of stuff, a lot of laps and a lot of corners to go through and a lot of pit stops and everything else."Hopefully we can keep it and ride this wave for however long it lasts. I’m a pretty good surfer, so it shouldn’t be too hard."Last week's Auto Club Speedway winner Carl Edwards qualified second in his Roush Fenway Racing Office Depot Ford.Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon and Mike Skinner, the fastest of the drivers who needed to qualify on time, rounded out the top five.Greg Biffle, Scott Riggs, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kurt Busch and Elliott Sadler completed the first ten qualifiers.Jimmie Johnson, who is shooting for his fourth straight UAW-Dodge 400 win, had a tough qualifying effort and turned in the 35th fastest lap.Despite the effort and the bad start to the season at Daytona, Johnson isn't concerned.“Man it’s only two races in," he said. "From our standpoint, we finished second and third last week and unfortunately two cars were wrecked early. Daytona is Daytona; we’ve thrown that out the window. We feel like we’re doing just fine. We have nothing to fear, nothing to worry about."
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