Backstretch Motorsports

Qualifying Fast Facts
Texas Motor Speedway
O’Reilly 300

Coors Light Pole Winner: Kyle Busch
Age: 23
Team : No. 18 - NOS Energy Drink Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Jason Ratcliff

Kyle Busch won the Coors Light Pole Award for the O’Reilly 300 with a lap of 28.685 seconds, 188.252 mph.
This is his 16th pole in 143 NASCAR Nationwide Series races.
This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2009.
This is his second pole in nine races at Texas Motor Speedway. His first Texas pole came in 2004. It was the second pole of his career.
Busch swept both races at Texas last season.

Kyle Busch Pole Winning Quotes:

Are you excited to be on the pole for Saturday’s race? “It’s pretty exciting to be on the pole here. I think 2004 was the last time I was on to the pole here in a Nationwide Series event. We looked forward today to the qualifying. When the winds died down there earlier in the day we were really struggling. I was, anyway, with the way the wind was blowing us around. I was almost scared to drive the thing. We weren’t very fast in the first one, but got going better in the second practice a little bit and made the car a little bit better here and there, and made some adjustments to it that we felt like would really help us for Saturday. Hopefully, we’re correct in those, and our assessment of practice today, we did pretty well. We’re looking forward to starting on Saturday from the pole.”

Are you as good as you were here last year? “It felt like it today. There were some times in the first practice there when we weren’t too ecstatic about it, but we got going a little bit better and felt like we got the car where it was driving good and felt like it was pretty fast on the long runs. We ran out of gas in practice so we knew that the tires were really old and the nose weight was all in it, so we felt pretty confident in the long runs.”

Matt Kenseth (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2009 and his seventh in 14 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Paul Menard (third) posted his second top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his first in two races this season.
Justin Allgaier (11th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Starting Line Up by Row
Texas Motor Speedway
O’Reilly 300

Driver Date Time Speed
Track Race Record: Kyle Busch 04/05/08 01:04:39 151.707
Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed
Row 1: 1 18 Kyle Busch NOS Energy Drink Toyota 28.685 188.252
2 16 Matt Kenseth CitiFinancial Ford 28.715 188.055
Row 2: 3 98 Paul Menard Richmond/Menards Ford 28.734 187.931
4 6 David Ragan Discount Tire Ford 28.768 187.709
Row 3: 5 29 Jeff Burton Holiday Inn Chevrolet 28.806 187.461
6 60 Carl Edwards Scotts Ford 28.836 187.266
Row 4: 7 91 Terry Cook MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet 28.865 187.078
8 33 Tony Stewart Armor All Chevrolet 28.897 186.871
Row 5: 9 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Fastenal Chevrolet 29.095 185.599
10 20 Joey Logano GameStop/Guitar Hero Metallica Toyota 29.099 185.573
Row 6: 11 12 Justin Allgaier # Verizon FIOS Dodge 29.153 185.230
12 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 29.183 185.039
Row 7: 13 1 Mike Bliss Miccosukee Indian Gaming & Resort 29.211 184.862
14 81 Kevin Hamlin D.H. Griffin Dodge 29.227 184.761
Row 8: 15 47 Michael McDowell # Tom’s Snacks Toyota 29.272 184.477
16 27 Jason Keller Cottonelle Ford 29.359 183.930
Row 9: 17 11 Scott Lagasse Jr. # America’s Incredible Pizza Company Toyota 29.365 183.892
18 62 Brendan Gaughan # South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet 29.371 183.855
Row 10: 19 99 Michael Waltrip Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 29.407 183.630
20 10 David Reutimann Beringer Vineyards Toyota 29.417 183.567
Row 11: 21 02 Andy Ponstein Corriestottracing.com Chevrolet 29.453 183.343
22 96 Dennis Setzer Dusty’s Collision Dodge 29.461 183.293
Row 12: 23 77 Peyton Sellers # SFP Chevrolet 29.478 183.187
24 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 29.556 182.704
Row 13: 25 24 Eric McClure Hefty Ford 29.590 182.494
26 01 Danny O’Quinn Jr. Cash-4-Gold Chevrolet 29.590 182.494
Row 14: 27 70 Shelby Howard ForeTravel Motorcoach Chevrolet 29.595 182.463
28 32 Burney Lamar Dollar General Stores Toyota 29.610 182.371
Row 15: 29 09 John Wes Townley # Zaxby’s Ford 29.636 182.211
30 66 Steve Wallace US Fidelis Chevrolet 29.714 181.733
Row 16: 31 15 Michael Annett # Pilot Travel Centers Toyota 29.718 181.708
32 07 David Green PMCLife.com/Comfort Suites Toyota 29.727 181.653
Row 17: 33 42 Kenny Hendrick Dodge 29.807 181.165
34 90 Johnny Chapman MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet 29.854 180.880
Row 18: 35 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Mahindra Chevrolet 29.911 180.536
36 34 Tony Raines Long John Silver’s Chevrolet 29.939 180.367
Row 19: 37 52 Kevin Lepage Courtyard by Marriott Chevrolet 30.106 179.366
38 28 Kenny Wallace U.S. Border Patrol Chevrolet Owner Points
Row 20: 39 89 Morgan Shepherd Eldora Speedway/Lagina Plumbing Chevrolet Owner Points
40 61 Brandon Whitt Ford Owner Points
Row 21: 41 05 Casey Atwood 31-W Insulation/MC2 Energy Drink Ford Owner Points
42 88 Brad Keselowski Hellmann’s Chevrolet Owner Points
Row 22: 43 0 J C Stout 1-800-527-1801 Chevrolet 29.631 182.242
Did Not Qualify: # 40 Scott Wimmer; # 43 Josh Wise; # 26 Brian Keselowski; # 49 Kertus Davis; # 31 Kerry Earnhardt; # 84 Mike Harmon.
Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs

Chevrolet 20 4 Ford 9 1
Dodge 4 1 Toyota 10 0