
Kurt Busch on pole at Watkins Glen: #22-Kurt Busch won the Coors Light Pole for the Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International with a speed of 123.241mph, a new track record. #18-Kyle Busch will start second. The rest of the top 10:#60-Carl Edwards, #2-Elliott Sadler, #5-Ron Fellows, #7-Jimmie Johnson, #33-Paul Menard, #20-Joey Logano, #38-Jason Leffler, and #30-James Buescher. Did Not Qualify: #46-Chase Miller, #47-Brian Keselowski, #41-Tomy Drissi, #50-Brian Simo, and #42-Tim Andrews.(8-13-2011)
Watkins Glen Qualifying Notes:
Kurt Busch(i) won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 17th Annual Zippo 200 at The Glen with a lap of 71.567 seconds, 123.241 mph - a new track record. Previous track record was held by Marcos Ambrose with a speed of 122.410 mph (8/7/2010).
This is his third pole in 12 NASCAR Nationwide Series races.
This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2011.
This is his third pole in three races at Watkins Glen International.
Kyle Busch(i) (second) posted his 11th top-10 start of 2011 and his fourth in five races at Watkins Glen International.
Carl Edwards(i) (third) posted his third top-10 start at Watkins Glen International. It is his 21st in 22 races this season.
Timmy Hill (32nd) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR)(8-13-2011)
| Pos | Car | Driver | Team | Reason |
| 1 | 22 | Kurt Busch(i) | Ruby Tuesday/Discount Tire Dodge | 71.567 SEC / 123.241 |
| 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch(i) | Z-Line Designs Toyota | 71.725 SEC / 122.970 |
| 3 | 60 | Carl Edwards(i) | Fastenal Ford | 71.925 SEC / 122.628 |
| 4 | 2 | Elliott Sadler | OneMain Financial Chevy | 72.086 SEC / 122.354 |
| 5 | 5 | * Ron Fellows | Canadian Tire Chevy | 72.125 SEC / 122.288 |
| 6 | 7 | Jimmie Johnson(i) | JimmieJohnson'sAnythingWithEng. Chevy | 72.187 SEC / 122.183 |
| 7 | 33 | Paul Menard(i) | Rheem/Menards Chevy | 72.384 SEC / 121.850 |
| 8 | 20 | * Joey Logano(i) | GameStop Toyota | 72.637 SEC / 121.426 |
| 9 | 38 | Jason Leffler | Great Clips Chevy | 72.658 SEC / 121.391 |
| 10 | 30 | James Buescher(i) | AccuDoc Solutions Chevy | 72.709 SEC / 121.305 |
| 11 | 16 | * Trevor Bayne | RickyvsTrevor.com Ford | 72.953 SEC / 120.900 |
| 12 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | RickyvsTrevor.com Ford | 73.095 SEC / 120.665 |
| 13 | 31 | Justin Allgaier | Florida Gulf Safe Chevy | 73.123 SEC / 120.619 |
| 14 | 66 | Steve Wallace | 5-hour Energy Toyota | 73.135 SEC / 120.599 |
| 15 | 32 | Reed Sorenson | Dollar General Chevy | 73.339 SEC / 120.263 |
| 16 | 11 | Brian Scott | Shore Lodge Toyota | 73.527 SEC / 119.956 |
| 17 | 88 | Aric Almirola | Ragu Chevy | 73.694 SEC / 119.684 |
| 18 | 09 | Kenny Wallace | Toyota Toyota | 73.695 SEC / 119.682 |
| 19 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 73.796 SEC / 119.519 |
| 20 | 53 | * Andrew Ranger | Bollegraaf/Lobo USA Dodge | 73.801 SEC / 119.511 |
| 21 | 67 | * J R Fitzpatrick | Go Canada Racing Ford | 73.806 SEC / 119.502 |
| 22 | 21 | * Tim George Jr. | Applebee's/Potomac Family Dining Chevy | 74.149 SEC / 118.950 |
| 23 | 19 | Mike Bliss | TriStar Motorsports Chevy | 74.166 SEC / 118.922 |
| 24 | 39 | Casey Roderick | ACU/Randy Hill Racing Ford | 74.177 SEC / 118.905 |
| 25 | 23 | Alex Kennedy | Primalyn Ent/Dream Factory Chevy | 74.366 SEC / 118.603 |
| 26 | 01 | Mike Wallace | JD Motorsports Chevy | 74.408 SEC / 118.536 |
| 27 | 62 | Michael Annett | Pilot/Flying J Toyota | 74.414 SEC / 118.526 |
| 28 | 64 | * Jason Bowles | Aspen Dental Toyota | 74.496 SEC / 118.396 |
| 29 | 13 | * TJ Bell(i) | DrivenMale.com Dodge | 74.679 SEC / 118.105 |
| 30 | 82 | * JJ Yeley(i) | Crusader Staffing Dodge | 74.751 SEC / 117.992 |
| 31 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Clements Racing Engines Chevy | 74.783 SEC / 117.941 |
| 32 | 15 | Timmy Hill # | Rick Ware Racing Ford | 74.806 SEC / 117.905 |
| 33 | 97 | * Kyle Kelley | Jamison Chevy | 74.989 SEC / 117.617 |
| 34 | 75 | * Chris Cook(i) | Alvin & the Chipmunks-Chipwrecked Ford | 75.004 SEC / 117.594 |
| 35 | 14 | Eric McClure | Hefty BlackOut/Reynolds Chevy | 75.109 SEC / 117.429 |
| 36 | 49 | * Mark Green | Jay Robinson Racing Chevy | 75.395 SEC / 116.984 |
| 37 | 81 | Blake Koch # | Daystar.com Dodge | 75.514 SEC / 116.800 |
| 38 | 52 | Dan Clarke | couponchad.com Chevy | 75.798 SEC / 116.362 |
| 39 | 40 | Josh Wise | Key Motorsports Chevy | 77.413 SEC / 113.934 |
| 40 | 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Victory in Jesus Racing Chevy | 77.862 SEC / 113.277 |
| 41 | 70 | Dennis Setzer | ML Motorsports Dodge | 79.651 SEC / 110.733 |
| 42 | 28 | Derrike Cope | MAXelence.com Chevy | DNS/ OP |
| 43 | 44 | * Jeff Green | TriStar Motorsports Chevy | 75.522 SEC / 116.787 |
