Matt Kenseth Captures Final Pole of 2013

Matt Kenseth has won the final Coors Light Pole Award of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season for Sunday afternoon’s Ford Eco-Boost 400.

Kenseth’s qualifying lap was 30.394seconds, 177.667 mph, and is his first pole at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and third pole of the season.

Friday evening’s qualifying session was a massive turnaround for Kenseth and the No. 20 team following last week at Phoenix. He fell 28 points behind the championship leader, Jimmie Johnson, heading into Sunday’s race.

Johnson qualified seventh and needs to finish 23rd or higher to win his sixth championship. Kevin Harvick, the only other driver mathematically eligible to win the title, qualified one spot ahead of Johnson in sixth.

Coverage for the Ford EcoBoost 400 from Homestead-Miami Speedway begins with NASCAR Countdown on 2pm EST on ESPN, with he green flag set to wave at 3:15 pm ET. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will be the ESPN in-race reporter.

Qualifying Results for Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead

1. Matt Kenseth
2. Kurt Busch
3. Joey Logano
4. Brad Keselowski
5. Denny Hamlin
6. Kevin Harvick
7. Jimmie Johnson
8. Martin Truex Jr.
9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
10. Elliott Sadler
11. Kyle Busch
12. Paul Menard
13. Kasey Kahne
14. Jeff Burton
15. Ryan Newman
16. Greg Biffle
17. Trevor Bayne
18. Carl Edwards
19. Aric Almirola
20. Kyle Larson
21. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
22. Mark Martin
23. Marcos Ambrose
24. Danica Patrick
25. Clint Bowyer
26. Jeff Gordon
27. Juan Pablo Montoya
28. Jamie McMurray
29. David Ragan
30. Parker Kligerman
31. David Gilliland
32. David Reutimann
33. Travis Kvapil
34. Michael McDowell
35. Jose Wise
36. AJ Allmendinger
37. JJ Yeley
38. Dave Blaney
39. Landon Cassill
40. Casey Mears
41. Ken Schrader
42. Joe Nemechek
43. Tony Raines