Matt Kenseth wins pole at Charlotte
Matt Kenseth set a career record Thursday night at Charlotte.
Kenseth, the driver who accumulated the most points over the first three races of the Chase, won the pole for Saturday night’s fourth race of the Chase. It’s his fourth pole of the 2015 season; he’s never had more than three in any of his 17 previous Sprint Cup Series seasons.
It’s also his second pole at Charlotte in 2015. Kenseth won the pole for the Coca-Cola 600 in May and finished fourth. He’ll be joined on the front row by teammate Kyle Busch.
All four of Joe Gibbs Racing’s cars made it to the final round of qualifying. Denny Hamlin will start fifth and Carl Edwards, who won the 600, will start eighth.
Joey Logano starts third and Greg Biffle, the first driver on the grid who isn’t in the Chase, will start fourth.
Nine of the 12 current Chase drivers are in the top 12. It’s 10 of the 16 drivers who qualified for the Chase if you count Jimmie Johnson, who qualified seventh.
The rest of the Chasers in the top 12 are Kurt Busch (6th), Ryan Newman (10th), Kevin Harvick (11th) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (12th).
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