-Kyle Busch won the inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky from the first starting position. Due to the qualifying session being cancelled for the 2011 race, it was not from the Coors Light pole.
-Brad Keselowski (2014), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2013) and Jimmie Johnson (2012) are the three drivers that have won Coors Light poles at Kentucky.
-Brad Keselowski is the only driver to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky from the Coors Light pole (2014).
-Two of the five (40%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Kentucky have been won from the front row – both from the first starting position (2011, 2014).
-Four of the five (80%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Kentucky have been won from a top-10 starting position.
-The deepest in the field that a race winner has started at Kentucky is 16th, by Matt Kenseth in 2013.
-Brad Keselowski leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in average starting position at Kentucky with a 5.000; followed by Kyle Busch with a 6.800.
-The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying at Kentucky was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was set per the Rule Book – Kyle Busch started from first.
-Qualifying has been cancelled due to weather conditions in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Kentucky Speedway twice; the 2011 and 2015 races.
(NASCAR)
