Kyle Busch won the pole for Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol, and he beat a familiar opponent to do it — his older brother, Kurt Busch.
Kyle, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup series points leader, turned a lap of 14.895 seconds in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, just nipping Kurt's time of 14.897 seconds.
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It's Kyle Busch's 29th career pole, and his second of the season. It also marks the third time the Busch brothers have started 1-2 in a NASCAR Cup race. Kyle sat on the pole the two previous times as well.
"He always told everyone if you think I'm good, just wait until you see my younger brother," Kyle Busch joked with FS1 afterward. "It's nice to come out here and grab a front-row starting spot."
Kurt Busch knew exactly where he lost the pole.
"I missed it a little bit in Turn 1, got greedy and it washed up just a little bit," Kurt Busch told FS1. "Two Busches on the front row, that's not too bad."
Kevin Harvick, who leads the NASCAR Cup series with three victories this season, crashed in practice earlier in the day and had to go to a backup car. He did not turn a qualifying lap and will start 39th — where he would have started regardless of how he qualified because he is driving a backup car.
Brad Keselowski qualified third, followed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Ryan Blaney.
The Food City 500 begins Sunday at 1 p.m. on Fox.
Starting lineup for the Food City 500
1. Kyle Busch
2. Kurt Busch
3. Brad Keselowski
4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
5. Ryan Blaney
6. Kyle Larson
7. Paul Menard
8. Alex Bowman
9. Michael McDowell
10. Joey Logano
11. William Byron
12. Daniel Suarez
13. Erik Jones
14. Clint Bowyer
15. Kasey Kahne
16. Chase Elliott
17. Jimmie Johnson
18. AJ Allmendinger
19. Aric Almirola
20. Darrell Wallace Jr.
21. Austin Dillon
22. Chris Buescher
23. David Ragan
24. Matt DiBenedetto
25. Denny Hamlin
26. Martin Truex Jr.
27. Ross Chastain
28. Gray Gaulding
29. Landon Cassill
30. Ryan Newman
31. Jamie McMurray
32. Ty Dillon
33. Trevor Bayne
34. Corey LaJoie
35. DJ Kennington
36. Reed Sorenson
37. Harrison Rhodes
38. Chad Finchum
39. Kevin Harvick