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Truex nabs pole for Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway

Associated Press
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    Martin Truex Jr. talks with reporters after qualifying for the pole at a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Friday, May 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) (The Associated Press)

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    NASCAR drivers Martin Truex Jr., left, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. talks in the garage while waiting for Sprint Cup Series auto racing practice at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Friday, May 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) (The Associated Press)

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    Martin Truex Jr. talks with reporters after qualifying for the pole at a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Friday, May 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) (The Associated Press)

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Martin Truex Jr. will start on the pole Saturday night in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway.

Truex turned a lap of 190.921 mph in the final round of qualifying Friday night, earning his first pole since April 2012 at Texas and giving himself some confidence at a track he's come to love.

Truex led 173 of 267 laps before finishing second in 2012. He finished second again in that year's fall race. Last spring, he started fourth and led 95 laps before finishing ninth.

Matt Kenseth qualified second at 190.564 mph. Denny Hamlin was third, followed by Kurt Busch and Brad Keselowski. Points leader Kevin Harvick failed to make it out of the first round and will start 26th.