Kasey Kahne won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 12th Annual Hollywood Casino 400 with a track qualifying record lap of 28.219 seconds, 191.360 mph.
This is his 26th pole in 320 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. He moves into a tie for 26th on the all-time series poles list with Bobby Labonte.
This is his fourth pole and 23rd top-10 start in 2012.
This is his third pole in 11 races at Kansas Speedway.
Mark Martin (second) posted his 13th top-10 start of 2012 and his sixth in 14 races at Kansas Speedway.
Clint Bowyer (third) posted his fifth top-10 start at Kansas Speedway. It is his 15th in 32 races this season.
All 46 drivers turned a faster qualifying lap than the previous track record of 180.856 mph set by Matt Kenseth in October 2005.
(NASCAR Statistics)(10-19-2012)
