Matt Kenseth wins pole for Coca-Cola 600
Matt Kenseth is starting first in Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600.
It’s Kenseth’s first pole at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and it’s on the 15th anniversary of his first win. The 2003 champion’s first race win was the 2000 Coca-Cola 600.
Kenseth won the pole earlier in the season at Bristol. He won that race too, leading 47 of the race’s laps.
Joey Logano will start second and Kenseth’s Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Carl Edwards was third. Greg Biffle and Denny Hamlin, another JGR car, round out the top five.
Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart were the two fastest cars in round two, however they didn’t get great laps in the final round. Harvick starts eighth while Stewart will start 12th.
Brad Keselowski was sixth and David Ragan was seventh. Kyle Larson, Martin Truex Jr. and Austin Dillon will start in 9th, 10th and 11th respectively.
Five cars missed the race. They were Jeb Burton, Jeff Green, Mike Bliss, Travis Kvapil and Brendan Gaughan.
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