Keselowski on pole at Nashville; Wallace second

Brad Keselowski raced around 1.333-mile Nashville Superspeedway in 30.871 seconds (155.447 mph) to win the pole for Saturday's Federated Auto Parts 300 (7:30 p.m. ET).

Keselowski, the defending Nationwide Series champion, won his first race of the season two weeks ago at Kentucky and followed that with his first pole of the season last week at New Hampshire, where he finished eighth. It's his first pole in 10 races at Nashville, and 13th top-10 start in 2011.

Steve Wallace's lap of 30.923 seconds (155.186 mph) was good enough for the outside position on the front row. It's his best start of the season, his sixth top-10 start of 2011 and fifth in 12 races at Nashville.

The second row is comprised of Carl Edwards (third) and Austin Dillon (fourth), the only other drivers to top 155 mph in qualifying. Edwards has started in the top 10 in all 19 of his series races this year; it's his 12th top-10 at start at Nashville.

Dillon, who won the Camping World Truck Series pole and race at Nashville on Friday, was fastest in final practice filling in for Kevin Harvick Inc. in the No. 33 Chevrolet. Dillon is making his third start this year for KHI; he started third in the previous two races (at Nashville and Iowa) and finished in the top 10 in both (seventh at Nashville in April).

Series points leader Elliott Sadler will start fifth.