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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Pos Team Speed
1 Kasey Kahne(i) 51.054
2 Kyle Busch(i) 51.125
3 Ty Dillon(i) 51.225
4 Denny Hamlin(i) 51.251
5 Elliott Sadler 51.259
6 Joey Logano(i) 51.37
7 Austin Dillon # 51.378
8 Brad Keselowski 51.465
9 Paul Menard(i) 51.468
10 Ricky Stenhouse 51.518
11 Ryan Blaney 51.596
12 Mike Bliss 51.601
13 Sam Hornish Jr. 51.652
14 Justin Allgaier 51.813
15 Brian Scott 51.99
16 Jeremy Clements 52.005
17 Johanna Long # 52.078
18 Kurt Busch(i) 52.11
19 Travis Pastrana 52.138
20 Danica Patrick 52.169
21 Michael Annett 52.261
22 Tayler Malsam 52.305
23 Mike Wallace 52.52
24 Jason Bowles # 52.577
25 James Buescher 52.595
26 Kenny Wallace 52.602
27 Reed Sorenson 52.675
28 Joe Nemechek 52.91
29 Kyle Fowler 52.996
30 Chase Miller 53.069
31 Josh Wise(i) 53.089
32 Stephen Leicht(i) 53.124
33 Erik Darnell 53.181
34 Eric McClure 53.187
35 Jeff Green 53.271
36 Kevin Lepage 53.332
37 Timmy Hill 53.547
38 Scott Riggs(i) 53.6
39 Jeffrey Earnhardt 53.712
40 Cole Whitt # 53.723
41 Tim Schendel 53.869
42 TJ Bell 54.69
43 Robert Richardson Jr. 54.726
44 Mike Harmon 55.073
45 Morgan Shepherd 55.152