Kurt Busch will start from pole position for this weekend's Southern 500 Cup race at Darlington Speedway after setting a new track record in qualifying.
Racing Engineering's Fabio Leimer set a blistering lap early in the Friday practice session that left him a full second clear of the rest of the field.
Organisers of the IndyCar Grand Prix of Balitmore have said that they will reintroduce a chicane on the frontstretch, after cars were launched into the air over railroad tracks.