Ford Performance NASCAR: Ford Claims 7 of Top-10 Qualifying Spots, Including Kurt Busch on Pole

KURT BUSCH, No. 41 Monster Energy/Haas Automation Ford Fusion - Qualified 1st “This one is fun because I could trust the car and I knew I needed to go after it hard. Watching all the Fords in practice I knew we had a good shot at it. The guys tweaked on the tires the right amount. It is a new compound, left and right side, and we didn’t want to get caught up too much in chasing the tires. We went with status quo. I think it is because of the speed that I like here and Texas and the balance we had in our car in qualifying. Now we need to translate that to race speed. I enjoy qualifying here. It is a pleasure to have one of these Fords and have Yates power under the hood. To go 217 mph, to haul the mail going into the corner I love that feeling.”