Brad Keselowski on pole at Texas
Brad Keselowski’s got a fast short run car. Can he translate his qualifying speed to Sunday’s race at Texas?
Keselowski was the fastest car in all three rounds of qualifying Friday and will start first. It’s his second-straight pole at a 1.5-mile track. He started first three races ago at Kansas Speedway.
He finished that Kansas race in ninth. After a 32nd-place finish at Martinsville, ninth may not be enough to put Keselowski in a position to advance to the final four at Homestead if there isn’t attrition among the other six drivers he’s racing for the three remaining spots at Homestead.
Kevin Harvick, the defending Sprint Cup Series champion will start second. Kyle Busch will start third while Joey Logano will start fourth and Kyle Larson will start fifth.
Of course, we would also be remiss to if we didn’t say that Keselowski’s pole comes a year after his famous run-in with Jeff Gordon at Texas. Gordon got two (real-life) ponies from Texas Motor Speedway on Friday. Seriously.
Joey Gase and Reed Sorenson didn’t qualify for the race. Here’s how the eight Chase drivers will start on Sunday:
1. Brad Keselowski
2. Kevin Harvick
3. Kyle Busch
4. Joey Logano
7. Kurt Busch
13. Carl Edwards
18. Jeff Gordon
24. Martin Truex Jr.
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