Driver will lead field to green in Lilly Diabetes 250 (4 p.m. ET, NBC)
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Kyle Busch set a record for NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Qualifying at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, pacing the field at a clip of 180.527 mph to pick up his first pole of the season.
Busch will start the Lilly Diabetes 250 (4 p.m. ET, NBC, IMS, SiriusXM) on the front row alongside teammate Daniel Suarez (180.415 mph). Fellow Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Erik Jones was third on the docket at 179.928 mph and will start next to Richard Childress Racing’s Brendan Gaughan (179.087 mph).
The record ‘Rowdy’ broke was his own, set last year at 179.888 mph.
Former Brickyard 400 winner Paul Menard paced the first session at 180.411 mph but slipped to 178.873 mph in the second session to qualify fifth.
All three JR Motorsports cars did not advance to the second and final round. Chase Elliott, Regan Smith and Kevin Harvick will start 13th, 14th and 16th, respectively. Alex Bowman, filling in for an ailing John Wes Townley in the No. 25, will start in between Smith and Harvick at 15th.
Tune in Saturday afternoon for the Lilly Diabetes 250 from Indy. Coverage begins on NBC at 3 p.m. ET.