Defending Samsung 500 champion and polesitter Kasey Kahne is the only driver to win a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway from the pole. In fact, he became the first driver to score a win from the front row. … Rows two and three are where the next Cup winner at TMS may want to start. In 12 races, the race winner has come from those two rows half the time. Four have come from row two. … Only two drivers have won multiple Cup poles, Bobby Labonte (2003, '04) and Ryan Newman (2005 spring/fall).