Las Vegas Notes & Facts – Friday – poles:

‚· Dale Jarrett won the inaugural pole with a speed of 168.224 mph (32.773 secs.).
‚· 11 drivers have poles at LVMS, led by Kasey Kahne with three (2004, 2007 and 2012).
‚· Kyle Busch is the only driver to win consecutive poles at LVMS from (2008-’09).
‚· Las Vegas-native Kyle Busch became the first and only driver to win from the pole, in 2009.
‚· Only three LVMS races (17.6%) have been won from the front row: Kyle Busch, 2009 (pole); Carl Edwards, 2008 (second-place); Brad Keselowski, 2014 (second-place).
‚· Four of the 17 races (23.5%) have been won from a top-five starting position at Las Vegas.
‚· Eight of the 17 (47%) races have been won from a top-10 starting position at Las Vegas.
‚· Four of the 17 races (23.5%) at Las Vegas have been won from a starting position outside the top 20.
‚· The deepest in the field that a race winner has started was 25th, by Matt Kenseth in 2004.
‚· Kyle Busch made his first start and Kasey Kahne won his first pole at Las Vegas, in the same event (2004).
(NASCAR)(3-6-2015)