Kyle Larson secured pole position for the NASCAR Cup Series AdventHealth 400.

The Hendrick Motorsports driver clinched the pole award with a lap reaching 183.730 mph. Larson was the last driver to qualify.

Reacting to the pole award, the 32 year old said:

“I mean, it’s definitely ironic and really cool. I think it adds to the storyline of what happened last year. You’ll probably build some anticipation for the race tomorrow. But yeah, I won’t be thinking about it, I guess, when we’re rolling around under caution. But yeah, it’s just ironic, funny and cool all at the same time.”

While speaking to the media ahead of the race weekend, Larson explained:

“Yeah, I enjoy Kansas a lot. It’s probably my third favourite track behind Homestead and Bristol. I just think what makes any track good is progressive banking, and this place has that.

“You look at Homestead, it has it. Bristol fans hate it, but it’s got progressive banking. I feel like when you have progressive banking, it just allows more options, I think.

“So yeah, I think that’s why it helps the racing here because you can catch somebody and move to a different lane; get inside of them, work them over and pass them.

“Where you go to other tracks and do all this work to get to them, and they’re still running the same line that you have to run, and you can’t pass. So yeah, I think the progressive banking helps out a lot of these tracks.”

NASCAR Cup Series: AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway starting grid

1. Kyle Larson
2. Chris Buescher
3. Christopher Bell
4. Tyler Reddick
5. Joey Logano
6. Ty Gibbs
7. William Byron
8. Daniel Suarez
9. Chase Elliott
10. Ryan Blaney
11. Michael McDowell
12. Justin Haley
13. Austin Cindric
14. Denny Hamlin
15. Bubba Wallace
16. Erik Jones
17. John Hunter Nemechek
18. Zane Smith
19. Chase Briscoe
20. Austin Dillon
21. Alex Bowman
22. Carson Hocevar
23. Todd Gilliland
24. Noah Gragson
25. Riley Herbst
26. Ross Chastain
27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
28. Corey Heim
29. Ty Dillon
30. Ryan Preece
31. Cole Custer
32. Jesse Love
33. AJ Allmendinger
34. Shane van Gisbergen
35. Kyle Busch
36. Brad Keselowski
37. Cody Ware
38. Josh Berry