KAHNE WINS ATLANTA POLE

(Sept. 3, 2011) – Kasey Kahne won the pole for Sunday’s AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway with a lap of 29.775 seconds (186.196 mph). It was his 22^nd career pole and third at the speedway.

                “It was definitely not a perfect lap, but it was a little better than what everyone else did,” Kahne said.

                Clint Bowyer will start outside the front row after turning a lap in 29.819 seconds (185.922 mph).

                “She was loose – holy cow, it was a handful,” Bowyer said with a huge grin. “But it was a fun lap.”

                Kyle Busch will start third with a lap of 29.832 seconds (185.841 mph).

                “It was just a little too loose all through the whole lap, but especially on corner exits,” Busch said. “I just couldn’t get the throttle down the way I needed to (in order) to get myself going on down the straightaway.”

                Unadilla (Ga.) native David Ragan qualified 19^th and Alpharetta’s Joey Logano will start the race 24^th.

                David Starr will represent race sponsor AdvoCare by starting from the final position in Sunday’s race. Failing to qualify were Tony Raines, David Stremme, Geoffrey Bodine and TJ Bell.