This marks Dillon’s second pole win of 2014
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Ty Dillon won his second Coors Light Pole Award of the season Saturday at Kentucky Speedway, posting a fastest final-round lap of 175.690 mph. It capped a strong couple of days from Richard Childress Racing, which consistently had its cars at the top of the leaderboard during Friday’s practices.
Dillon will lead the field to green in the VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300, which is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET later tonight and will be televised on ESPNEWS.
Part-timer Sam Hornish Jr. qualified second with a speed of 175.245 mph in the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, with Brendan Gaughan, Cale Conley and Brian Scott rounding out the top five. Gaughan, Conley and Scott also drive RCR vehicles.
Group qualifying at the 1.5-mile track consisted of a 25-minute opening round in which the 24 fastest cars advanced to the 10-minute second round. The top 12 fastest in the second round advanced to the final five-minute round.
Driving the No. 20, Justin Boston earned his spot in the final round by finishing 12th in the second round. It was enough to top Dylan Kwasniewski (13th), Chase Pistone (16th) and Austin Theriault (17th).
In the first round Ryan Reed finished 24th, just ahead of J.J. Yeley and Jamie Dick, to advance into the second round.