June 20, 2021:  During events at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, TN  (HHP/Jim Fluharty)
Kyle Busch will lead the field for Sunday’s 29th annual Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to the green flag. (HHP/Jim Fluharty Photo)

Busch Nabs Pole For New Hampshire

LOUDON, N.H. — Kyle Busch will lead the field for Sunday’s 29th annual Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to the green flag.

The driver of the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota earned the top spot by virtue of having the highest metric score of the cars entered in the race. 

Lap speed is weighted at 15 percent, previous race finish at 25 percent for the driver and owner results and owner points position at 35 percent to calculate the final metric score.

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Busch’s JGR teammate, Martin Truex Jr., will start second in the 40-car field.

Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet driver Chase Elliott starts third, with last week’s winner at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Kurt Busch, fourth.

Alex Bowman and Denny Hamlin will share row three.

Rounding out the top 10 starters are Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson.