Kasey Kahne won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Inaugural Indiana 250 with a lap of 51.054 seconds, 176.284 mph.
This is his ninth pole in 186 NASCAR Nationwide Series races. This is his first pole and seventh top-10 in 2012. This is his first pole and series start at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Kyle Busch placed second posting his fourth top-10 start of 2012 and his first in one races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Ty Dillion came in third posting his first top-10 and second in two races this season. Austin Dillion was the fast qualifying rookie in seventh place.
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PosTeamSpeed
1Kasey Kahne(i)51.054
2Kyle Busch(i)51.125
3Ty Dillon(i)51.225
4Denny Hamlin(i)51.251
5Elliott Sadler51.259
6Joey Logano(i)51.37
7Austin Dillon #51.378
8Brad Keselowski51.465
9Paul Menard(i)51.468
10Ricky Stenhouse51.518
11Ryan Blaney51.596
12Mike Bliss51.601
13Sam Hornish Jr.51.652
14Justin Allgaier51.813
15Brian Scott51.99
16Jeremy Clements52.005
17Johanna Long #52.078
18Kurt Busch(i)52.11
19Travis Pastrana52.138
20Danica Patrick52.169
21Michael Annett52.261
22Tayler Malsam52.305
23Mike Wallace52.52
24Jason Bowles #52.577
25James Buescher52.595
26Kenny Wallace52.602
27Reed Sorenson52.675
28Joe Nemechek52.91
29Kyle Fowler52.996
30Chase Miller53.069
31Josh Wise(i)53.089
32Stephen Leicht(i)53.124
33Erik Darnell53.181
34Eric McClure53.187
35Jeff Green53.271
36Kevin Lepage53.332
37Timmy Hill53.547
38Scott Riggs(i)53.6
39Jeffrey Earnhardt53.712
40Cole Whitt #53.723
41Tim Schendel53.869
42TJ Bell54.69
43Robert Richardson Jr.54.726
44Mike Harmon55.073
45Morgan Shepherd55.152