Kasey Kahne on the Pole for NASCAR's Price Chopper 400

Kasey Kahne will start on the pole for Sunday afternoon's Price Chopper 400 after qualifying with a speed of 176.644 MPH. This is Kasey's first pole at Kansas—the 19th of his career and third of the season.

Qualifying second was Paul Menard, who laid down a lap of 30.95 seconds with a speed of 174.469 MPH. Sunday will mark his best start ever at Kansas.

Two-time Kansas winner Jeff Gordon qualified third after laying down a lap of 30.96 seconds and a speed of 174.430 seconds and was the highest qualifying Chase driver.

Rounding out the top-five in qualifying is Joey Logano, who qualified fourth with a lap speed of 174.312 MPH, and Greg Biffle, who qualified fifth with a speed of 174.255 MPH.

Price Chopper 400 Starting Lineup:

1. Kasey Kahne
2. Paul Menard
3. Jeff Gordon*
4. Joey Logano
5. Greg Biffle*
6. Ryan Newman
7. Juan Pablo Montoya
8. Matt Kenseth*
9. Kurt Busch*
10. David Ragan
11. Bill Elliott
12. Denny Hamlin*
13. Regan Smith
14. Tony Stewart*
15. Elliott Sadler
16. David Reutimann
17. Bobby Labonte
18. Sam Hornish Jr.
19. Kyle Busch*
20. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
21. Jimmie Johnson*
22. Jamie McMurray
23. Jeff Burton*
24. Kevin Harvick
25. Martin Truex Jr.
26. Brad Keselowski
27. Clint Bowyer*
28. Mark Martin
29. Michael McDowell
30. A.J. Allmendinger
31. Carl Edwards*
32. Marcos Ambrose
33. Scott Speed
34. Reed Sorenson
35. Landon Cassill
36. Patrick Carpentier
37. Casey Mears
38. David Gilliland
39. J.J. Yeley
40. Travis Kvapil
41. Kevin Conway
42. Tony Raines
43. Dave Blaney

* Denotes Chase for the Sprint Cup Contender

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