Kyle Busch claimed the pole for the Food City 500 after breaking a decade-old track qualifying record at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday.

With NASCAR’s new Sprint Cup Series race car, the Gen-6, making its short-track debut at Bristol, Busch ran a lap at 129.535 mph, surpassing the old record of 128.709 mph, set by Ryan Newman in March 2003. Kasey Kahne earned the outside pole while Denny Hamlin, who is Busch's teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing, grabbed the third spot with Kahne and Hamlin topping Newman's record as well.

Live coverage of the Food City 500 on AM 1590 and FM 95.5 starts at Noon tomorrow