Kyle Busch will lead off Saturday night for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Busch notched his first superspeedway pole with a top speed of 193.723 miles per hour, edging out Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Matt Kenseth at 193.299 mph.
NASCAR at Daytona International Speedway 2013: Lineup, starting grid for Coke Zero 400
Full lineup and starting grid for Saturday’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Busch has struggled at Daytona recently, with engine trouble back in February at the Daytona 500. He last won the race five years ago.
Toyota cars occupy five of the top seven spots, though Kasey Kahne’s Chevrolet made it into the second row with the No. 4 spot. Clint Bowyer (No. 3) and Martin Truex Jr. (No. 5) round out the top five spots. Jimmie Johnson, the current points leader with 610 points, will start eighth.
The race is set for the green flag to fly at 7:49 p.m. on Saturday and will be broadcast on TNT. Below, we’ve got the full starting grid for the race, via USA Today:
1. Kyle Busch
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Kasey Kahne
5. Martin Truex Jr.
6. Paul Menard
7. Michael Waltrip
8. Jimmie Johnson
9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
10. Greg Biffle
11. Danica Patrick, Chevrolet
12. Carl Edwards
13. Tony Stewart, Chevrolet
14. Juan Pablo Montoya
15. Brad Keselowski
16. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
17. Jeff Burton
18. Joey Logano
19. Casey Mears
20. Trevor Bayne
21. Ryan Newman
22. Kurt Busch
23. Jeff Gordon
24. Denny Hamlin
25. Marcos Ambrose
26. Kevin Harvick
27. Jamie McMurray
28. David Gilliland
29. Dave Blaney
30. Aric Almirola
31. Michael McDowell
32. J.J. Yeley
33. A J Allmendinger
34. Bobby Labonte
35. David Stremme
36. Scott Speed
37. Josh Wise
38. David Ragan
39. Terry Labonte
40. Travis Kvapil
41. David Reutimann
42. Joe Nemechek
43. Landon Cassill
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