Kyle Busch won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Shelby 427 with a lap of 29.033 seconds, 185.995mph, a new qualifying record at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
This is his fifth pole in 153 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2009.
This is his second pole in six races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He also won the pole in last year’s Las Vegas race.
Kurt Busch (second) posted his second top-10 start of 2009 and his ninth in nine races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
This marks the first time that the Busch brothers have occupied the front row in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
The last time brothers started from the front row of a NASCAR Sprint Cup race was April 9, 2000.
Rusty Wallace won the pole at Martinsville Speedway. His brother, Kenny, qualified second.
Joey Logano (20th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
Twelve drivers broke Kasey Kahnes March 9, 2007 qualifying record of 184.856 mph, 29.212 seconds.(NASCAR Statistics)(2-27-2009)
