For the 25th time in his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) career, four-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson will start from the pole. Johnson qualified his No. 48 Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet in the No. 1 starting position for Sunday’s AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway.
It is his second pole of the 2010 season and his third at Dover. It is the 12th pole for Team Chevy in 28 races this season.
Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 42 Target Chevrolet, will start fifth with Jamie McMurray, No. 1 McDonald’s Chevrolet, seventh in the 43-car starting lineup. A total of 15 Team Chevy drivers will start race two of the 2010 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
AJ Allmendinger (Ford), Martin Truex, Jr. (Toyota) and Denny Hamlin (Toyota) complete the top-five qualifiers for the 400-lap/400-mile race on Sunday.
Johnson and Hamlin are the only drivers in the Chase in the top five. Greg Biffle qualified sixth, Kurt Busch eighth, Carl Edwards 10th, Kyle Busch 11th, Matt Kenseth 14th, Jeff Gordon 15th, Clint Bowyer 24th, Tony Stewart 25th, Jeff Burton 27th and Kevin Harvick 33rd.
Jeff Green, Josh Wise and Ted Musgrave failed to qualify for the 43-car field.
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 2 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 3 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 4 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 5 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 6 16 Greg Biffle Ford 7 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 8 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 9 98 Paul Menard Ford 10 99 Carl Edwards Ford 11 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 12 83 Reed Sorenson Toyota 13 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 14 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 15 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 16 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 17 0 David Reutimann Toyota 18 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 19 20 Joey Logano Toyota 20 82 Scott Speed Toyota 21 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 22 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 23 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 24 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 25 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 26 13 Casey Mears Toyota 27 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 28 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 29 6 David Ragan Ford 30 34 Travis Kvapil Ford 31 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 32 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 33 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 34 9 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 35 38 David Gilliland Ford 36 81 J.J. Yeley Dodge 37 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 38 55 Mike Bliss Toyota 39 71 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 40 7 Kevin Conway+* Toyota 41 37 Tony Raines+ Ford 42 5 Mark Martin+ Chevrolet 43 46 Michael McDowell Dodge
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