#8-Martin Truex Jr. for Saturday’s Federated Auto Parts 300 at the Nashville Superspeedway with a lap of 163.596mph on the 1.33-mile concrete oval. It was Truex’s second straight Busch Series pole on this track, and fourth of the season. He didn’t start on the pole in April because a crash in the final practice forced him to a backup car and the back of the field. Truex is 13 points behind Kyle Busch in the series points race. Busch was the 11th driver on the track, and he held the pole early trying to add to his series-leading four. #00-Jason Leffler will start second followed by #5-Kyle Busch, #25-Bobby Hamilton Jr. and rookie #21-Clint Bowyer – who led 104 of 200 laps here in April before a crash on the final lap knocked him to fourth. #37-David Green, #22-Jason Keller, #2-Ron Hornaday Jr., #1-Buckshot Jones and #12-Casey Atwood round out the top 10. The April race ended under caution with #99-Michael Waltrip winning. Waltrip will be racing Saturday night, but he will be at the back along with Robby Gordon and Kasey Kahne because the trio was busy qualifying for the Nextel Cup race in Pocono on Friday. Greg Biffle qualified ninth at Pocono, then flew down to take over his Ford from Mike McLaughlin for qualifying. But he will start 18th in a full field after he overdrove his car into Turn 1 on both of his laps before returning to Pocono for a final practice there. #34-Steven Christian, the ninth car out in qualifying, crashed when his Chevrolet got loose in Turn 1 with the left rear slamming in to the wall. He slid back down the track with the rear catching on fire. He was helped out of the car and treated and released at the infield care center and was one of five drivers to miss the race, also including #16-Justin Ashburn, #53-Joe Buford, #94-Eddie Beahr and #0-David Keith.(ThatsRacin.com/AP)
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