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A week after missing the cut to advance to Round 2 at Darlington Raceway, Kyle Busch earned the Coors Light Pole after topping qualifying on Friday afternoon at Richmond International Raceway.
Busch topped the first (122.277 mph) and third rounds of qualifying, with his third round speed of 122.073 mph besting Joey Logano (122.017 mph) by one one-hundredth of a second, time-wise. Logano topped the second session with the best speed of qualifying -- 122.349 mph.
Three of Busch's five victories at Richmond have been won from the pole.
Making his 200th career start, Brian Scott (121.968 mph) will start third, followed by the JR Motorsports duo Regan Smith (121.808 mph) and Josh Berry (121.540 mph).
Morgan Shepherd failed to make the 40-car field.
The Virginia 529 College Savings 250 gets underway at 7:30 p.m. ET with coverage on NBCSN/Live Extra as well MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.