In Vegas, Kyle Busch stays on roll, wins pole

March 1, 2008

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LAS VEGAS - Kyle Busch carried his hot start to the season into his hometown yesterday, winning the pole at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Busch ran a fast lap of 182.352 mph in his Toyota Camry to take the top starting spot for tomorrow's race. The 22-year-old is having a fabulous start to the season - he hasn't finished lower than fourth in six races spanning three series - and he returned to Las Vegas this week as the Sprint Cup Series points leader.

It's the first time in his career that Busch has been on top of the standings, and he's also leading the Truck Series standings. He's second to Tony Stewart, his teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing, in the Nationwide Series standings. Busch has a six-point advantage over Ryan Newman.

"It's cool, it's fun and it's great and all, but we're two weeks in. We need it [with] two weeks to go," Busch said.

Carl Edwards, winner of Monday's rain-delayed race in California, qualified second with a lap of 181.586 in his Ford. Mark Martin qualified third in a Chevrolet, followed by Jeff Gordon in a Chevy and Mike Skinner, who replaced Jacques Villeneuve in a Bill Davis Racing Toyota. Greg Biffle was fifth.

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