Kurt Busch: Wins AAA Texas 500 Pole

Busch won the pole for the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway Friday evening. He turned a fast lap of 200.111 mph.

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The Stewart Haas Racing veteran pulled a bit of an upset in knockout qualifying Friday at Fort Worth. Busch turned a blazing-fast 26.877 second lap and beat out Denny Hamlin to grab the pole position for Sunday's AAA Texas 500. The lap was a pole-qualifying record at Texas Motor Speedway, and it was Busch's first pole of the season and 22nd of his career. He'll challenge the Top 10 in Sunday's 500-mile battle at Texas.