Kyle Busch tops qualifying for the Clash at the Los Angeles Coliseum; Tyler Reddick second

Kyle Busch was the fastest qualifier in qualifying Saturday night at the Los Angeles Coliseum, earning one of the pole positions for the four heat races that will determine the field Sunday for the main event in the Busch Light Clash.

Tyler Reddick (qualified second), Justin Haley (third) and Joey Logano (fourth) also will start first in the 25-lap heats. The top four drivers in each heat will transfer to the main event on the temporary 0.25-mile oval.

Daniel Suarez, Cole Custer, Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson earned outside first-row starting spots in their heat races. The rest of the top 16 drivers who currently are starting in transfer spots: Ricky Stenhoues Jr., Harrison Burton, William Byron, Michael McDowell, Alex Bowman, Christopher Bell, and Landon Cassill.

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Busch turned a 13.745-second lap (65.478 mph) in his No. 18 Toyota as only the top 12 of 36 qualifiers were able to able to break into the 13-second bracket.

“Whoever would have thunk it,” Busch told Fox Sports’ Jamie Little. “It’s pretty cool, just the difference of opportunity to come do something like this.

“NASCAR took a lot of flack on what this was going to look like and be, but we’re having a lot of fun, and it’s different. Looking forward to seeing what this place looks like tomorrow and having the opportunity to race this M&Ms Camry and keep it up front. That’s the thing now. We’re not in yet. We have to go through that heat race.”

Among those who will be facing a tall order to transfer into the main event are past Cup Series champions Brad Keselowski (30th), Kurt Busch (32nd) and Martin Truex Jr. (34th).

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