Kyle Busch has the pole at Bristol for the Food City 500, putting him in the best starting position at a racetrack where he thrives as he hopes to win his second race of the weekend.
NASCAR Bristol 2013: Lineup, starting grid for Food City 500
Kyle Busch has won the Food City 500 three times, and he’s got the pole for Sunday’s event after winning Saturday at Bristol’s Nationwide Series event.
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With a length of just .533 miles and steep banks, Bristol features slower speeds and lots of bumping. Busch thrives on the gritty track, having won three times in various iterations of this event, and also winning its requisite Nationwide Series event as well, taking the checkered flag in Saturday’s Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 300, his third win there. And now, he starts in first place, a big advantage at a race with short laps - the 43-man starting grid extends just about halfway down the track.
Brad Keselowski won last year’s event, and will start seventh. Other recent winners include Jimmie Johnson, who starts 13th, and Jeff Burton, who starts 16th. Here’s the full starting grid:
1. (18) Kyle Busch
2. (5) Kasey Kahne
3. (11) Denny Hamlin
4. (55) Brian Vickers
5. (27) Paul Menard
6. (1) Jamie McMurray
7. (2) Brad Keselowski
8. (14) Tony Stewart
9. (56) Martin Truex Jr.
10. (22) Joey Logano
11. (24) Jeff Gordon
12. (20) Matt Kenseth
13. (48) Jimmie Johnson
14. (38) David Gilliland
15. (13) Casey Mears
16. (31) Jeff Burton
17. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya
18. (29) Kevin Harvick
19. (78) Kurt Busch
20. (43) Aric Almirola
21. (99) Carl Edwards
22. (9) Marcos Ambrose
23. (15) Clint Bowyer
24. (16) Greg Biffle
25. (83) David Reutimann
26. (30) David Stremme
27. (95) Scott Speed
28. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
29. (51) A J Allmendinger
30. (34) David Ragan
31. (39) Ryan Newman
32. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr.
33. (7) Dave Blaney
34. (98) Michael McDowell
35. (36) J.J. Yeley
36. (19) Mike Bliss
37. (93) Travis Kvapil
38. (87) Joe Nemechek
39. (47) Bobby Labonte
40. (35) Josh Wise
41. (10) Danica Patrick
42. (33) Landon Cassill
43. (32) Terry Labonte
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