By a narrow margin, Matt Kenseth edged out Ryan Newman for the top starting spot in Saturday night's Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway.
Kenseth, the series points leader, toured the 2.5-mile superspeedway in 46.781 seconds (192.386 mph) during Friday's time trials.
Tony Stewart, Newman's Stewart-Haas Racing teammate, was initially second after posting a lap of 192.361 mph, just .006 seconds off Kenseth's run. Stewart's time, however, was disallowed when inspectors found an open cooling hose into the cockpit of his No. 14 Chevrolet, the same duct work violation that had cost Austin Dillon the Nationwide Series pole earlier in the day.
Stewart will start from the rear, elevating Newman to the second position. In winning his first Coors Light pole award of the season and the eighth of his career, Kenseth was .008 seconds faster than Newman (192.353 mph).
With Stewart's ouster, Kasey Kahne qualified third at 192.291 mph...
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