NASCAR: Edwards takes Texas Cup pole

Friday, November 1st 2013, 22:17 GMT

Carl Edwards grabbed his second NASCAR Sprint Cup pole of 2013 in qualifying for Sunday's Texas Motor Speedway race.

One of the final drivers to run, Edwards produced a 27.535-second lap in his Roush Fenway Ford to beat 2012 champion Brad Keselowski's Penske entry to the top spot.

Just 0.084s covered the top six drivers, with joint points leaders Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth both within that blanket.

Johnson had held provisional pole for a while before Keselowski and Kenseth came through, despite a big moment on his qualifying lap.

He ended up three places clear of Kenseth, as Paul Menard and Kyle Busch got between them.

Johnson's Hendrick team-mates Dale Earnhardt Jr and last week's Martinsville winner Jeff Gordon share row four.

Hours after his 2014 Furniture Row deal was announced, Martin Truex Jr was current employer Michael Waltrip's leading qualifier in 15th, while present Furniture Row man Kurt Busch was only 31st.

The elder Busch was one of a number of big names that newcomer Parker Kligerman outqualified, as the Nationwide Series graduate put Swan's Toyota 23rd.

  Pos  Driver              Team/Car                     Time     Gap   1.  Carl Edwards        Roush Fenway Ford            27.535s   2.  Brad Keselowski     Penske Ford                  27.537s  +0.002s   3.  Jimmie Johnson      Hendrick Chevrolet           27.559s  +0.024s   4.  Paul Menard         Childress Chevrolet          27.574s  +0.039s   5.  Kyle Busch          Joe Gibbs Toyota             27.582s  +0.047s   6.  Matt Kenseth        Joe Gibbs Toyota             27.619s  +0.084s   7.  Dale Earnhardt Jr   Hendrick Chevrolet           27.648s  +0.113s   8.  Jeff Gordon         Hendrick Chevrolet           27.668s  +0.133s   9.  Ricky Stenhouse Jr  Roush Fenway Ford            27.674s  +0.139s  10.  Marcos Ambrose      Petty Ford                   27.688s  +0.153s  11.  Kasey Kahne         Hendrick Chevrolet           27.740s  +0.205s  12.  Joey Logano         Penske Ford                  27.761s  +0.226s  13.  Ryan Newman         Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       27.780s  +0.245s  14.  Denny Hamlin        Joe Gibbs Toyota             27.781s  +0.246s  15.  Martin Truex Jr     Waltrip Toyota               27.812s  +0.277s  16.  Juan Pablo Montoya  Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet  27.863s  +0.328s  17.  Aric Almirola       Petty Ford                   27.884s  +0.349s  18.  Greg Biffle         Roush Fenway Ford            27.890s  +0.355s  19.  Kevin Harvick       Childress Chevrolet          27.892s  +0.357s  20.  Jeff Burton         Childress Chevrolet          27.921s  +0.386s  21.  Austin Dillon       Childress Chevrolet          27.931s  +0.396s  22.  Bobby Labonte       JTG Daugherty Toyota         27.961s  +0.426s  23.  Parker Kligerman    Swan Toyota                  27.973s  +0.438s  24.  Jamie McMurray      Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet  27.989s  +0.454s  25.  Elliott Sadler      Waltrip Toyota               27.993s  +0.458s  26.  Clint Bowyer        Waltrip Toyota               28.008s  +0.473s  27.  Casey Mears         Germain Ford                 28.030s  +0.495s  28.  David Gilliland     Front Row Ford               28.118s  +0.583s  29.  David Ragan         Front Row Ford               28.141s  +0.606s  30.  Danica Patrick      Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       28.150s  +0.615s  31.  Kurt Busch          Furniture Row Chevrolet      28.210s  +0.675s  32.  Trevor Bayne        Wood Brothers Ford           28.221s  +0.686s  33.  Mark Martin         Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       28.342s  +0.807s  34.  Josh Wise           Front Row Ford               28.439s  +0.904s  35.  Michael McDowell    Parsons Ford                 28.523s  +0.988s  36.  Kyle Larson         Phoenix Chevrolet            28.536s  +1.001s  37.  Landon Cassill      Circle Sport Chevrolet       28.638s  +1.103s  38.  Travis Kvapil       BK Toyota                    28.671s  +1.136s  39.  David Reutimann     BK Toyota                    28.680s  +1.145s  40.  Timmy Hill          FAS Lane Ford                28.719s  +1.184s  41.  Joe Nemechek        NEMCO Toyota                 28.839s  +1.304s  42.  Dave Blaney         Baldwin Chevrolet            28.992s  +1.457s  43.  JJ Yeley            Baldwin Chevrolet            36.845s  +9.310s  

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