This is Busch’s second pole of the season (Texas).
“This one was fun because I could trust the car and I knew I needed to go after it hard,” Busch told FS1 after qualifying. “Just watching all the Fords in practice I knew we had a shot at it.”
Brad Keselowski will start second while Kyle Busch will be third and Kevin Harvick fourth.
If Kyle Larson is going to win his fourth race in a row at Michigan, he will have to work his way up from well back. The 25-year-old driver qualified 26th Friday and will have his work cut out for him Sunday. The last eight winners at Michigan in a non-rain-shortened race have started from the top 12 positions.
However, Larson started last at Kansas earlier this year, and the two tracks run similarly, so he will not be completely out of his comfort zone going for his first win of the season at the FireKeepers Casino 400, which can be seen at 2 p.m. ET Sunday on Fox.
Starting lineup for the FireKeepers Casino 400
- Kurt Busch 2. Brad Keselowski 3. Kyle Busch 4. Kevin Harvick 5. Joey Logano 6. Aric Almirola 7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 8. Erik Jones 9. Ryan Blaney 10. Denny Hamlin 11. Ryan Newman 12. Clint Bowyer 13. Chase Elliott 14. William Byron 15. Paul Menard 16. Austin Dillon 17. Martin Truex Jr. 18. Chris Buescher 19. Matt Kenseth 20. Jimmie Johnson 21. Alex Bowman 22. Daniel Suarez 23. Michael McDowell 24. Jamie McMurray 25. AJ Allmendinger 26. Kyle Larson 27. David Ragan 28. Bubba Wallace 29. Kasey Kahne 30. Matt DiBenedetto 31. Ty Dillon 32. Corey Lajoie 33. Ross Chastain 34. Gray Gaulding 35. BJ McLeod 36. Landon Cassill 37. DJ Kennington 38. Timmy Hill 39. Garrett Smithley
