NASCAR – Pole é de Kyle Busch em Bristol

Kyle Busch

Kyle Busch vai largar na frente na Food City 500, a quarta etapa da NASCAR Sprint Cup em 2013. A corrida tem largada prevista para as 15h deste domingo (17/03), com transmissão ao vivo do Fox Sports.

O piloto da Joe Gibbs/Toyota fez o tempo de 14s813 no treino classificatório desta sexta-feira no Bristol Motor Speedway, a uma média de 129.535 milhas por hora, recorde do circuito oval. Ele ficou à frente de Kasey Kahne, da Hendrick/Chevrolet, que cravou 14s875 a 128.995 mph.

A segunda fila será dividida por Denny Hamlin e Brian Vickers. Paul Menard e Jamie McMurray formam a terceira, e os dois últimos campeões, Brad Keselowski e Tony Stewart, a quarta.

Líder do campeonato, Jimmie Johnson ficou com o 13º lugar no grid. Scott Riggs não conseguiu classificação entre os 43 melhores.

Confira o grid:

1. #18 Kyle Busch Toyota 14.813s (Pole) 129.535mph
2. #5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 14.875s (+ 0.062s) 128.995mph
3. #11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 14.879s (+ 0.066s) 128.960mph
4. #55 Brian Vickers Toyota 14.929s (+ 0.116s) 128.528mph
5. #27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 14.949s (+ 0.136s) 128.356mph
6. #1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 14.957s (+ 0.144s) 128.288mph
7. #2 Brad Keselowski Ford 14.966s (+ 0.153s) 128.211mph
8. #14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 14.990s (+ 0.177s) 128.005mph
9. #56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 14.997s (+ 0.184s) 127.946mph
10. #22 Joey Logano Ford 15.005s (+ 0.192s) 127.877mph
11. #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 15.006s (+ 0.193s) 127.869mph
12. #20 Matt Kenseth Toyota 15.008s (+ 0.195s) 127.852mph
13. #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 15.010s (+ 0.197s) 127.835mph
14. #38 David Gilliland Ford 15.015s (+ 0.202s) 127.792mph
15. #13 Casey Mears Ford 15.039s (+ 0.226s) 127.588mph
16. #31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 15.048s (+ 0.235s) 127.512mph
17. #42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 15.053s (+ 0.240s) 127.470mph
18. #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 15.055s (+ 0.242s) 127.453mph
19. #78 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 15.062s (+ 0.249s) 127.393mph
20. #43 Aric Almirola Ford 15.064s (+ 0.251s) 127.377mph
21. #99 Carl Edwards Ford 15.066s (+ 0.253s) 127.360mph
22. #9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 15.066s (+ 0.253s) 127.360mph
23. #15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 15.073s (+ 0.260s) 127.300mph
24. #16 Greg Biffle Ford 15.078s (+ 0.265s) 127.258mph
25. #83 David Reutimann Toyota 15.093s (+ 0.280s) 127.132mph
26. #30 David Stremme Toyota 15.157s (+ 0.344s) 126.595mph
27. #95 Scott Speed Ford 15.159s (+ 0.346s) 126.578mph
28. #17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 15.165s (+ 0.352s) 126.528mph
29. #51 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 15.178s (+ 0.365s) 126.420mph
30. #34 David Ragan Ford 15.180s (+ 0.367s) 126.403mph
31. #39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 15.200s (+ 0.387s) 126.237mph
32. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 15.235s (+ 0.422s) 125.947mph
33. #7 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 15.247s (+ 0.434s) 125.848mph
34. #98 Michael McDowell Ford 15.260s (+ 0.447s) 125.740mph
35. #36 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 15.261s (+ 0.448s) 125.732mph
36. #19 Mike Bliss Toyota 15.264s (+ 0.451s) 125.708mph
37. #93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 15.333s (+ 0.520s) 125.142mph
38. #87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 15.363s (+ 0.550s) 124.897mph
39. #47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 15.382s (+ 0.569s) 124.743mph
40. #35 Josh Wise Ford 15.386s (+ 0.573s) 124.711mph
41. #10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 15.395s (+ 0.582s) 124.638mph
42. #33 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 15.427s (+ 0.614s) 124.379mph
43. #32 Terry Labonte Ford 15.560s (+ 0.747s) 123.316mph