RICHMOND, Va. --* NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rookie Kyle Larson will make his first start from the pole position in Saturday night's Toyota Owners 400, after severe weather forced cancellation of Friday's scheduled qualifying session at Richmond International Raceway. Larson's previous best starting spot for a Cup race was eighth at Phoenix in March, in the first knockout qualifying session staged in NASCAR's foremost series.* "I wanted to start off in qualifying trim and was able to kind of talk Shine (crew chief Chris Heroy) into doing it," said Larson, whose lap speed of 126.880 mph topped the speed chart in opening practice. More...