Joey Logano earned his 12th career Sprint Cup pole, his fourth of the season and his first at Kansas Speedway on Friday.
Logano topped the field for Saturdays SpongeBob SquarePants 400 with a speed of 192.397 mph. Kasey Kahne was second-fastest at 191.911, followed by Brad Keselowski (191.857), Martin Truex Jr. (191.782) and Carl Edwards (191.578).
“We just kind of swung for the fence in the last round and the car drove awesome,” Logano told Fox Sports 1. “It’s not very often you get a car that’s just perfect.
“I came off Turn 4 and I didn’t know how to go faster than that. … It was a great run, our fourth pole of the season (also at Atlanta, Martinsville and Richmond). We just need to rack up some more wins.”
Phenom Erik Jones, who earned the pole for tonight’s Toyota Tundra 250 Camping World Truck Series and who was fastest in the second Sprint Cup practice session earlier in the day, qualified 12th.
Here’s how the qualifying session played out:
1 Joey Logano … 192.397 mph
2 Kasey Kahne … 191.911
3 Brad Keselowski … 191.857
4 Martin Truex Jr. … 191.782
5 Carl Edwards … 191.578
6 Kevin Harvick … 191.299
7 Greg Biffle … 191.015
8 Kurt Busch … 190.853
9 Jamie McMurray … 190.228
10 Kyle Larson … 190.154
11 Jeff Gordon … 189.900
12 Erik Jones … 189.540
13 Denny Hamlin … 190.712
14 Aric Almirola … 190.691
15 Ryan Newman … 190.557
16 Tony Stewart … 190.510
17 Dale Earnhardt Jr. … 190.496
18 Matt Kenseth … 190.476
19 Jimmie Johnson … 190.282
20 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. … 190.228
21 Clint Bowyer … 190.188
22 Paul Menard … 190.047
23 David Ragan … 189.760
24 Casey Mears … 189.175
25 Justin Allgaier … 189.607
26 Sam Hornish Jr. … 189.434
27 Danica Patrick … 189.347
28 Austin Dillon … 189.162
29 AJ Allmendinger … 188.917
30 Trevor Bayne … 188.904
31 Michael McDowell … 188.904
32 Ty Dillon … 188.818
33 Jeb Burton … 188.613
34 Cole Whitt … 187.748
35 Matt DiBenedetto … 187.669
36 Alex Bowman … 187.559
37 JJ Yeley … Owner Points
38 David Gilliland … Owner Points
39 Brett Moffitt … Owner Points
40 Josh Wise … Owner Points
41 Landon Cassill … Owner Points
42 Joey Gase … Owner Points
43 Michael Annett … Owner Points
Did Not Qualify: Brendan Gaughan