First career pole for Kvapil at Talladega
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| Travis Kvapil scored his first NASCAR Sprint Cup pole at Talladega |
Travis Kvapil scored his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole on Saturday for the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Kvapil turned a lap of 187.634 mph in his Yates Racing No. 28 Ford Fusion.
Casey Mears, who has Brad Keselowski standing by this weekend should he have to leave for the birth of his child, will start outside the front row in the Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 Chevrolet.
Aric Almirola, Regan Smith and Paul Menard all from Dale Earnhardt, Inc. rounded out the top five.
Mike Wallace, Joe Nemechek, Tony Raines, Brian Vickers and Martin Truex, Jr. completed the first ten qualifiers.
Sam Hornish Jr. and Patrick Carpentier did not qualify for Sunday's race.
Sunday's AMP Energy 500 will take the green flag at 2 p.m. (ET).
Starting Lineup
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POS |
CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
| 1 | 28 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Academy Sports + Outdoors | 187.364 | 51.109 | Leader |
| 2 | 5 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | Pop-Tarts / CARQUEST | 187.295 | 51.128 | -0.019 |
| 3 | 8 | Aric Almirola | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | 187.265 | 51.136 | -0.027 |
| 4 | 01 | Regan Smith* | Chevrolet | DEI / Principal Financial Group | 187.181 | 51.159 | -0.050 |
| 5 | 15 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Johns Manville / Menards | 187.141 | 51.170 | -0.061 |
| 6 | 33 | Mike Wallace | Chevrolet | Realtree "Driven to the Outdoors" | 186.984 | 51.213 | -0.104 |
| 7 | 78 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | Furniture Row / DenverMattress.com | 186.969 | 51.217 | -0.108 |
| 8 | 70 | Tony Raines | Chevrolet | iQ Drive | 186.740 | 51.280 | -0.171 |
| 9 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 186.707 | 51.289 | -0.180 |
| 10 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker | 186.674 | 51.298 | -0.189 |
| 11 | 66 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | Hunt Brothers Pizza | 186.645 | 51.306 | -0.197 |
| 12 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Office Depot | 186.507 | 51.344 | -0.235 |
| 13 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Dodge | Texaco / Havoline | 186.430 | 51.365 | -0.256 |
| 14 | 00 | Kenny Wallace | Toyota | Champion Mortgage | 186.430 | 51.365 | -0.256 |
| 15 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | AMP Energy "Ride With Dale Jr." / Nat'l Guard | 186.423 | 51.367 | -0.258 |
| 16 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | AAA Travel | 186.351 | 51.387 | -0.278 |
| 17 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | AT&T Mobility | 186.318 | 51.396 | -0.287 |
| 18 | 109 | Sterling Marlin | Chevrolet | Miccosukee Resort & Gaming | 186.267 | 51.410 | -0.301 |
| 19 | 44 | David Reutimann | Toyota | UPS | 186.231 | 51.420 | -0.311 |
| 20 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | 186.224 | 51.422 | -0.313 |
| 21 | 84 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | Red Bull | 186.065 | 51.466 | -0.357 |
| 22 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | 186.061 | 51.467 | -0.358 |
| 23 | 45 | Terry Labonte | Dodge | Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil | 186.057 | 51.468 | -0.359 |
| 24 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | Samsung HDTV / Alltel | 185.945 | 51.499 | -0.390 |
| 25 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Toyota | NAPA AUTO PARTS | 185.805 | 51.538 | -0.429 |
| 26 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 185.783 | 51.544 | -0.435 |
| 27 | 21 | Jon Wood | Ford | Motorcraft | 185.783 | 51.544 | -0.435 |
| 28 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | BernzOmatic Fat Boy | 185.772 | 51.547 | -0.438 |
| 29 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Toyota | Caterpillar | 185.740 | 51.556 | -0.447 |
| 30 | 41 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | Memorex | 185.722 | 51.561 | -0.452 |
| 31 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | DEWALT | 185.689 | 51.570 | -0.461 |
| 32 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Dodge | Cheerios / Betty Crocker | 185.643 | 51.583 | -0.474 |
| 33 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Miller Lite | 185.535 | 51.613 | -0.504 |
| 34 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Toyota | Subway / Home Depot | 185.481 | 51.628 | -0.519 |
| 35 | 07 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Jack Daniel's | 185.423 | 51.644 | -0.535 |
| 36 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Express | 185.373 | 51.658 | -0.549 |
| 37 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Pedigree | 185.204 | 51.705 | -0.596 |
| 38 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | Budweiser | 185.015 | 51.758 | -0.649 |
| 39 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Shell / Pennzoil | 185.008 | 51.760 | -0.651 |
| 40 | 19 | Elliott Sadler+ | Dodge | MONOPOLY at McDonald's | 184.954 | 51.775 | -0.666 |
| 41 | 38 | David Gilliland+ | Ford | Ford. Drive one. | 184.954 | 51.775 | -0.666 |
| 42 | 7 | Robby Gordon+ | Dodge | MAPEI / Menards | 184.374 | 51.938 | -0.829 |
| 43 | 96 | Ken Schrader | Toyota | DLP HDTV | 185.736 | 51.557 | -0.448 |
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| 44 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr.* | Dodge | Mobil 1 | 185.258 | 51.690 | -0.581 |
| 45 | 10 | Patrick Carpentier* | Dodge | Tow Truck in a Box | 185.215 | 51.702 | -0.593 |