Montoya leads Chevy 1-2 in Talladega qualifying

Juan Montoya

Where were those 201mph laps that the two Toyota cars (Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch) turned in Friday practice when it counted? Maybe they were running Nitrous Oxide to get some free publicity. In Saturday qualifying they both were nowhere and Juan Montoya put his Chip Ganassi Chevy on pole for the Amp Energy 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega. His speed was just 184.640 mph, way off the 201 mph lap on Friday.

Clint Bowyer will start 2nd, also in a Chevy. Kurt Busch Joe Nemechek and Jeff Burton round out the top-5.

Points leader Jimmie Johnson will start way back in 19th and Kyle Busch, who ran 201 on Friday will start 32nd with a speed of 182.365 mph, 19 mph slower than Friday.

Lineup

POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 184.640 51.863 Leader
2 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 184.498 51.903 -0.040
3 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Operation Home Front / Miller Lite 184.388 51.934 -0.071
4 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota HostGator.com 184.253 51.972 -0.109
5 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Cat Financial 184.161 51.998 -0.135
6 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet The Legend of Hallowdega Amp Energy Juice / National Guard 183.906 52.070 -0.207
7 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 183.885 52.076 -0.213
8 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 183.762 52.111 -0.248
9 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 183.621 52.151 -0.288
10 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 183.614 52.153 -0.290
11 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Penske Racing 183.561 52.168 -0.305
12 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops Dale Earnhardt Tribute 183.543 52.173 -0.310
13 197 Jeff Fuller Toyota HeatRedefined.com 183.406 52.212 -0.349
14 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Realtree / Shell – Pennzoil 183.374 52.221 -0.358
15 46 Michael McDowell Chevrolet Whitney's Collision Centers 183.273 52.250 -0.387
16 83 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 183.245 52.258 -0.395
17 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 183.052 52.313 -0.450
18 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 183.010 52.325 -0.462
19 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 182.999 52.328 -0.465
20 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota Aaron's 55th Anniversary 182.919 52.351 -0.488
21 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 182.863 52.367 -0.504
22 71 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet ModSpace / TRG Motorsports 182.839 52.374 -0.511
23 99 Carl Edwards Ford Subway 182.821 52.379 -0.516
24 09 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Komatsu / Tractor & Equipment Company 182.800 52.385 -0.522
25 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 182.790 52.388 -0.525
26 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Old Spice 182.786 52.389 -0.526
27 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal Black 182.786 52.389 -0.526
28 6 David Ragan Ford UPS "We Love Logistics" 182.650 52.428 -0.565
29 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull 182.598 52.443 -0.580
30 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 182.522 52.465 -0.602
31 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet National Guard / DuPont 182.400 52.500 -0.637
32 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 182.365 52.510 -0.647
33 19 Elliott Sadler Ford Hunt Brothers Pizza 182.306 52.527 -0.664
34 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 182.258 52.541 -0.678
35 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Kleenex / Clorox 181.998 52.616 -0.753
36 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Valvoline 181.880 52.650 -0.787
37 9 Aric Almirola Ford Budweiser 181.673 52.710 -0.847
38 98 Paul Menard Ford Serta / Menards 181.653 52.716 -0.853
39 164 Landon Cassill Toyota Gunselman Motorsports 181.615 52.727 -0.864
40 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 181.367 52.799 -0.936
41 26 Bill Elliott Ford Air National Guard 180.601 53.023 -1.160
42 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 180.461 53.064 -1.201
43 37 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell 179.568 53.328 -1.465
44 34 Robert Richardson Jr. Ford A&W All American Food 179.024 53.490 -1.627
45 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Speed Energy 178.517 53.642 -1.779
46 66 Johnny Sauter Toyota Prism Motorsports 177.117 54.066 -2.203

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