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He was the fastest in final practice and with a qualifying lap speed of 181.062 mph, James Buescher captured the NCWTS WinStar World Casino 350(k) Keystone Light Pole Award at Texas Motor Speedway.

This was Buescher’s third series pole of the 2011 season, his third series career pole and his second series pole (sweeping both poles for 2011) at Texas Motor Speedway.

Starting second on the outside pole with a qualifying lap speed of 180.783 mph, will be Austin Dillon, followed by Blake Feese (180.554) starting third, Kyle Busch (180.451) fourth and Ricky Carmichael (180.421) will start fifth.

Rounding out the top-ten starting positions will be  Justin Lofton (180.192) starting from sixth, Sunoco Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender, Nelson Piquet, Jr. (180.162) seventh,  Ty Dillon (180.060) eighth,  Ron Hornaday, Jr. (180.000) ninth and Kevin Harvick (179.994) will start from the tenth position.

Failing to make the starting lineup were the #65 driven by Tim Andrews(i); #57 driven by Norm Benning and the #76 driven by Derek White.

The WinStar World Casino 350(k) is scheduled to get underway approximately around 8:20 PM (ET) Friday evening, and SPEED will begin their (pre-race) television coverage at 7:30 PM (ET).

2011 NCWTS WinStar World Casino 350k Starting Lineup

Pos	Trk	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	31	James Buescher	Exide Chevrolet	29.824	181.062
2	3	Austin Dillon	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet	29.87	180.783
3	32	Blake Feese	Cyclone Anaya's Chevrolet	29.908	180.554
4	18	Kyle Busch(i)	Traxxas Toyota	29.925	180.451
5	4	Ricky Carmichael	Monster Energy Chevrolet	29.93	180.421
6	6	Justin Lofton	CollegeComplete.com Chevrolet	29.968	180.192
7	8	Nelson Piquet, Jr. #	Qualcomm/tagg Chevrolet	29.973	180.162
8	21	Ty Dillon	Sherwin Williams/Cain Food Chevrolet	29.99	180.06
9	33	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	OneMain Financial Chevrolet	30	180
10	2	Kevin Harvick(i)	Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet	30.001	179.994
11	88	Matt Crafton	Menards/Fisher Nuts Chevrolet	30.006	179.964
12	13	Johnny Sauter	SafeAuto/Curb Records Chevrolet	30.029	179.826
13	29	Parker Kligerman #	Cooper Standard Dodge	30.086	179.485
14	22	Joey Coulter #	American EuroCopter Chevrolet	30.098	179.414
15	17	Timothy Peters	NTB/Service Central Toyota	30.114	179.319
16	81	David Starr	Zachry/NCCER Build Future /BootToyota	30.18	178.926
17	7	Miguel Paludo #	Duroline Toyota	30.185	178.897
18	60	Cole Whitt #	Fuel Doctor/Red Bull Chevrolet	30.195	178.838
19	5	Todd Bodine	Big Red Toyota	30.257	178.471
20	20	Johanna Long #	Panhandle Grading & Paving Toyota	30.263	178.436
21	62	Brendan Gaughan	International Trucks/Monaco RV's Toyota	30.274	178.371
22	7	Johnny Chapman(i)	BOBBER.info/ASI Limited Toyota	30.401	177.626
23	23	Jason White	Gunbroker.com Chevrolet	30.411	177.567
24	9	Max Papis	GEICO Toyota	30.443	177.381
25	93	BJ McLeod	RSS Racing Chevrolet	30.547	176.777
26	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing Chevrolet	30.597	176.488
27	68	Clay Greenfield	Rock on Framing/McNulty Electric Dodge	30.612	176.401
28	73	Rick Crawford	Trans Pecos Trkng/County Building Chevrolet	30.716	175.804
29	55	Jake Crum(i)	Make Motorsports/Bandit Chippers Chevrolet	30.747	175.627
30	38	Mike Garvey	RSS Racing Chevrolet	30.765	175.524
31	0	TJ Bell(i)	Sudden Link Media Ford	30.881	174.865
32	74	Mike Harmon(i)	Racing for Marissa Chevrolet	30.997	174.21
33	66	Ross Chastain	NtnlWatermelon Board/Melon 1/JDI Chevrolet	31.046	173.935
34	63	Jack Smith	Seal Wrap Ford	31.052	173.902
35	87	Chris Jones	Copy Wizard Chevrolet	31.222	172.955
36	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb(i)	DrivenMale.com Dodge	31.28	172.634

(i) Ineligible for Points in the Standings
# Denotes Rookie
* Required to Qualify on Time