Kurt Busch won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 64th Annual Bojangles Southern 500 with a lap of 27.032 seconds, 181.918 mph. This is a track record, which was previously set by Kasey Kahne in 2011 with a lap of 181.254 mph. This is his 16th pole in 446 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2013. This is his second pole in 17 races at Darlington Raceway. He was the youngest pole winner at Darlington Raceway when he won the pole in September 2001. He was 23 years and 29 days old. Jimmie Johnson (second) posted his seventh top-10 start of 2013 and his eighth in 15 races at Darlington Raceway. Kyle Busch (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Darlington Raceway. It is his eighth in 11 races this season. (NASCAR Statistics)
