NXS: Matt Kenseth Scores Kansas Lottery 300 Pole at Kansas Speedway

Making his fifth XFINITY start of the season, Matt Kenseth would time in quickest during Kansas Lottery 300 pole qualifying on Saturday afternoon. Kenseth topped the charts with a lap of 29.204 seconds behind the wheel of his No. 20 Reser’s Main St. Bistro Toyota. Kenseth has made four XFINITY starts thus far, highlighted by three straight runner-up finishes.

Current series points leader Chris Buescher will start from the second spot after timing in a tenth slower than Kenseth during the final round of the session. Buescher currently holds a 18 point lead over Ty Dillon. Regan Smith, who currently sits fourth in the standings, will start third followed by Kyle Busch and Dillon.

Rookie of the Year Contender Daniel Suarez will start sixth, followed by Kevin Harvick, Brendan Gaughan, Austin Dillon and Joey Logano. Notably, Chase Elliott who enters this weekend sitting third in points will start from the 12th position.

The Kansas Lottery 300 is set to see the green flag fly at 4pm EST.

2015 NXS Kansas Lottery 300 Starting Lineup

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	20	Matt Kenseth(i)	Reser’s Main St. Bistro Toyota	29.204	184.906
2	60	Chris Buescher	AdvoCare Ford	29.327	184.131
3	7	Regan Smith	TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet	29.359	183.93
4	54	Kyle Busch(i)	Monster Energy Toyota	29.385	183.767
5	3	Ty Dillon	Bass Pro Shops/Big Cedar Lodge Chevrolet	29.393	183.717
6	18	Daniel Suarez #	ARRIS Toyota	29.396	183.698
7	88	Kevin Harvick(i)	Armour Chili Chevrolet	29.418	183.561
8	62	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Chevrolet	29.449	183.368
9	33	Austin Dillon(i)	Ruud Chevrolet	29.479	183.181
10	22	Joey Logano(i)	Discount Tire Ford	29.509	182.995
11	2	Brian Scott	Shore Lodge Chevrolet	29.512	182.976
12	9	Chase Elliott	NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet	32.15	167.963
13	43	Dakoda Armstrong	WinField Ford	29.543	182.784
14	6	Darrell Wallace Jr. #	Ford EcoBoost Ford	29.551	182.735
15	39	Ryan Sieg	Sikk Shades Chevrolet	29.551	182.735
16	42	Brennan Poole	DC Solar Chevrolet	29.719	181.702
17	16	Ryan Reed	Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford	29.766	181.415
18	1	Elliott Sadler	OneMain Financial Ford	29.804	181.184
19	28	JJ Yeley	JGL Racing Toyota	30.153	179.087
20	1	Landon Cassill	GK Services Chevrolet	30.289	178.283
21	51	Jeremy Clements	AllSouthElectric.com/RepairableVehicles Chev	30.321	178.094
22	44	David Starr	Zachry Toyota	30.575	176.615
23	4	Ross Chastain #	RACEGIRL Chevrolet	30.18	178.926
24	14	Cale Conley #	IAVA Toyota	30.426	177.48
25	8	Blake Koch	LeafFilter Gutter Protection Toyota	30.668	176.079
26	0	Michael Self	Nebraska Transport Chevrolet	30.679	176.016
27	19	Jeff Green	Premier Barter Exchange Toyota	30.811	175.262
28	26	TJ Bell(i)	JGL Racing Toyota	30.883	174.853
29	15	BJ McLeod(i)	Main Gate Enterprises Chevrolet	31.057	173.874
30	97	Mason Mingus(i)	Vroom Brands Chevrolet	31.154	173.332
31	24	Eric McClure	Reynolds Wrap Toyota	31.168	173.255
32	70	Derrike Cope	Maxelence MVP/To The Point Chevrolet	31.242	172.844
33	90	Korbin Forrister(i)	Halcyon Mobile Chevrolet	31.319	172.419
34	13	Harrison Rhodes #	Industrial Piping Dodge	Owner Points
35	89	Morgan Shepherd	Chevrolet	Owner Points
36	52	Joey Gase	Chevrolet	Owner Points
37	74	Mike Harmon	Skin and Bones Dodge	Owner Points
38	40	Timmy Hill(i)	Braille Battery/Grafoid Chevrolet	Owner Points
39	17	Ryan Ellis(i)	BYB Chevrolet	Owner Points
40	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb(i)	Mark One Electric Chevrolet	31.566	171.07