NSCS: Matt Kenseth Scores Food City 500 Pole at Bristol Motor Speedway

He hasn’t visited victory lane yet this year, but he has been solid. Matt Kenseth continued that trend on Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway, scoring the Food City 500 in support of Steve Bryns and Stand Up to Cancer. Kenseth would lap the half-mile track in 14.917 seconds.

Past Bristol winners Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards would follow suit in second and third, with series-win leader Kevin Harvick qualifying fourth. Denny Hamlin would round out the top-five.

Joey Logano qualified sixth, followed by Kurt Busch, Kasey Kahne, Paul Menard and Jamie McMurray.

A surprise of the session, Jimmie Johnson would end up qualifying in the 28th spot.

“It’s just been a struggle,” he said. “Practice – we were on one side of it and qualifying, we were on the other side. We always run better than we qualifying here. I think we’ll settle in during the race and have a good finish.”

The session wouldn’t go without incident, though, as Greg Biffle went for a spin early in the session. He would qualify 33rd.

2015 NSCS Food City 500 Starting Lineup

(i) Ineligible for Driver Points in this Series, # Denotes Rookie

Source: Timing and Scoring provided by NASCARMedia/NASCAR Statistics