For the second time this year, Kurt Busch will start in front of the NASCAR field. The Las Vegas native won the pole for Sunday's Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
"I was giving it all I had," Busch said Friday, praising crew chief Tony Gibson for his adjustment on the last round of qualifying. "I'm really proud of the team to help me get to that third round. I was overdriving the car and I needed to settle in.
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"I was hoping to put on a show for the home crowd, get the pole, but now we've got to go to work tomorrow.