For the 70th time in his career, four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion will lead the field to the green flag. Gordon put his No. 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet on the pole for the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Gordon’s pole-winning run puts him in sole position of third on the all-time pole winner’s list.
Starting positions two through four were all claimed by Gordon’s Hendrick Motorsports teammates making Rick Hendrick just the third team owner in NASCAR history to qualify four cars in the first four starting position (Pete DePaolo - 1956; Jack Roush - 2005 at Auto Club Speedway).
Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, will start second on the outside of the front row. Mark Martin put his No. 5 CARQUEST/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet in the third starting position and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. No. 88 National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet, will roll off fourth.
JEFF GORDON ON STARTING ON THE POLE FOR THE AARON’S 499:
“It is awesome. In Daytona, we sort of expected it. We were good in testing. We were good in practice, we made qualifying runs. We expected to have a shot at the pole there. But, this weekend, it being an impound and everything, I just had no idea what to expect and neither did the team. Certainly didn’t expect to go out and be one, two, three, four with Hendrick like that. A little bit of redemption I guess for being second at Daytona and not on the pole. This feels great. I knew the car felt strong yesterday in practice and it was hard to tell out there today during the run what kind of a run we had. But, obviously it was a good one and another great day and start to the weekend for the Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet and those folks and that great cause. I know that $10,000 has already been donated to a local food bank here in Alabama. More great efforts come in results, not just from qualifying but for our sponsors.”
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 3 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 5 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 6 9 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 7 6 David Ragan Ford 8 22 Kurt Busch Dodge 9 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 10 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 11 21 Trevor Bayne Ford 12 115 Michael Waltrip Toyota 13 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 14 0 David Reutimann Toyota 15 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 16 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 17 16 Greg Biffle Ford 18 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 19 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 20 99 Carl Edwards Ford 21 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 22 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 23 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 24 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 25 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 26 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 27 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 28 38 Travis Kvapil Ford 29 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 30 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 31 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota 32 97 Kevin Conway Toyota 33 135 Steve Park Chevrolet 34 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 35 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 36 20 Joey Logano Toyota 37 71 Andy Lally* Ford 38 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 39 34 David Gilliland Ford 40 13 Casey Mears+ Toyota 41 32 Terry Labonte+ Ford 42 7 Sam Hornish Jr.+ Dodge 43 46 Bill Elliott Chevrolet
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