Kurt Busch claims Texas pole, Starting lineup for NASCAR’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500

Kurt Busch won the pole for Sunday’s running of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Stewart Haas Racing placed teammate Kevin Harvick along side Busch on the front row with Clint Bowyer qualifying third. Rounding out the second row was Ryan Blaney giving Ford a cluster of cars at the front of the field.

Denny Hamlin was the highest qualifying car from Toyota at fifth with Chevrolet being led by Jimmie Johnson in ninth.

Sunday’s running of NASCAR’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas will take place on FS1 beginning at 2:00 pm ET with the green flag expected at 2:10 pm ET.

Harvick enters as the most recent Texas winner while Johnson won this race last year.

NASCAR Starting Lineup for Texas Spring 2018

1. Kurt Busch
2. Kevin Harvick
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Ryan Blaney
5. Denny Hamlin
6. Martin Truex Jr.
7. Joey Logano
8. Kyle Busch
9. Jimmie Johnson
10. Kyle Larson
11. Brad Keselowski
12. Aric Almirola
13. Trevor Bayne
14. Daniel Suarez
15. Darrell Wallace Jr.
16. Alex Bowman
17. Austin Dillon
18. Chris Buescher
19. Paul Menard
20. Chase Elliott
21. Erik Jones
22. AJ Allmendinger
23. Ty Dillon
24. Jamie McMurray
25. Ryan Newman
26. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
27. Michael McDowell
28. Kasey Kahne
29. David Ragan
30. Matt DiBenedetto
31. Ross Chastain
32. Gray Gaulding
33. William Byron
34. Cole Whitt
35. Landon Cassill
36. Harrison Rhodes
37. Reed Sorenson