Austin Dillon wins pole at Texas

Austin Dillon has his second pole of the season.

The driver of the No. 3 posted the fastest time in the third round of Friday’s qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway and will start ahead of Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick.

Dillon won the pole earlier this season at California. That was his second career pole — his first came at the 2014 Daytona 500. He was eliminated from the Chase in the second round on a tiebreaker by Denny Hamlin.

Here’s how the lineup looks for Sunday’s race. Five Chase drivers will start in the top 12. Kyle Busch didn’t post a time in the second round of qualifying as his backup car sprung a water leak. Busch went to the backup car because he smashed the wall with his primary car on his warmup lap in practice.

1. Austin Dillon
2. Joey Logano (Chase)
3. Kevin Harvick (Chase)
4. Brad Keselowski
5. Kyle Larson
6. Paul Menard
7. Matt Kenseth (Chase)
8. Ryan Blaney
9. Carl Edwards (Chase)
10. Kurt Busch (Chase)
11. Chase Elliott
12. Martin Truex Jr.
13. Casey Mears
14. AJ Allmendinger
15. Jamie McMurray
16. Alex Bowman
17. Denny Hamlin (Chase)
18. Ryan Newman
19. Jimmie Johnson (Chase)
20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
21. Aric Almirola
22. Danica Patrick
23. Tony Stewart
24. Kyle Busch (Chase)
25. Greg Biffle
26. Trevor Bayne
27. Clint Bowyer
28. Michael McDowell
29. Brian Scott
30. Chris Buescher
31. Kasey Kahne
32. Regan Smith
33. Matt DiBenedetto
34. Landon Cassill
35. Ryan Ellis
36. David Ragan
37. Michael Annett
38. Reed Sorenson
39. Joey Gase
40. Josh Wise

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