Rowdy rockets to Sprint Cup pole - Speedway Digest

Kyle “Rowdy” Busch grabbed his second pole of 2014 for Sunday’s Camping World RV Sales 301 at New Hampshire.

Busch set a new track qualifying record of 27.574 seconds (138.13 mph).

“It was really good for us,” Busch said. “This Interstate Batteries Camry was good off the truck and it’s Dave’s (Rogers) home track, so we come up here and try to run well and do everybody on board with us. It’s been a good place for us,”

The Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) driver finished runner-up in both Cup races at Loudon last year to Brian Vickers in July and Matt Kenseth in September, both drivers who are still looking for their first win of 2014.

“I think that you try to always learn what you can,” he added. “You always try to better yourself the next time you go to a particular place and hoping we could do that here this weekend knowing what we need to get it done, based on last year’s strong runs.”

Defending and six-time Cup champ Jimmie Johnson was fastest in the lone Friday practice session and will start next to Busch on Sunday.

Busch’s JGR teammate Denny Hamlin was fastest in the first of two rounds during qualifying, but had to settle for third

Three-time Loudon Cup winner Tony Stewart and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top five. Both drivers are still looking for their first win this season.

Penske Racing teammates Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski, then Michael Waltrip Racing’s Clint Bowyer, Martin Truex Jr., and Kasey Kahne finished the Top 10.

Between positions six through 10 in qualifying, those drivers have a combined four Cup wins at the Magic Mile.

The Sprint Cup Series will have track time on Saturday as they will have two practice sessions in preparation for Sunday’s race. The first one starts at 9 a.m. and the second one at 11:30 a.m. and both will be shown live on FOX Sports 1.

Camping World RV Sales 301 Lineup

1. #18 Kyle Busch

2. #48 Jimmie Johnson

3. #11 Denny Hamlin

4. #14 Tony Stewart

5. #1 Jamie McMurray

6. #22 Joey Logano

7. #2 Brad Keselowski

8. #15 Clint Bowyer

9. #78 Martin Truex, Jr.

10. #5 Kasey Kahne

11. #24 Jeff Gordon

12. #4 Kevin Harvick

13. #42 Kyle Larson (R)

14. #99 Carl Edwards

15. #20 Matt Kenseth

16. #27 Paul Menard

17. #55 Brian Vickers

18. #41 Kurt Busch

19. #43 Aric Almirola

20. #47 A.J. Allmendinger

21. #9 Marcos Ambrose

22. #17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.

23. #3 Austin Dillon (R)

24. #31 Ryan Newman

25. #51 Justin Allgaier (R)

26. #34 David Ragan

27. #16 Greg Biffle

28. #88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

29. #10 Danica Patrick

30. #66 Jeff Burton

31. #13 Casey Mears

32. #98 Josh Wise

33. #38 David Gilliland

34. #40 Landon Cassill

35. #26 Cole Whitt (R)

36. #23 Alex Bowman (R)

37. #36 Reed Sorenson

38. #83 Ryan Truex (R)

39. #7 Michael Annett (R)

40. #32 Eddie MacDonald

41. #93 Mike Bliss

42. #87 Timmy Hill

43. #33 Morgan Shepherd

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Currently, I’m a journalism student in college who enjoys the sport of racing. I've been following NASCAR in-depth since 2001.Along with my love of racing, I’m also into baseball, football (college & pro), and college basketball.I also have my own website, The Life of Kyle, where I write about various topics.And to get my feet wet into radio, I have my own show called Overdrive. I started it with my friend. Since we can’t record together most of the time, we have our own versions. I cover NASCAR and ARCA, and he takes Formula One and IndyCar.Not forgetting to mention, I have my own YouTube channel as well.As for race tracks, I’ve gone to races at Pocono, Watkins Glen, Daytona, Dover, Loudon and a few local short tracks as well. I hope to cross the Indianapolis 500 off my list in the future. I hope to become a man of many hats.