Juan Pablo Montoya was the fastest in both practice sessions on Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). Saturday, the driver of the No. 42 Target Chevrolet again went right to the top of the scoreboard to claim the pole for the Brickyard 400 behind the wheel of the No. 42 Target Chevrolet.
It is the second pole for Montoya this season and the fourth of his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career. It is his first career pole at IMS.
Team Chevy had an impressive qualifying day for Sunday’s running of the 17th running of the Brickyard 400. In total, Chevrolet drivers scored nine of the top-10 starting positions for the 160-lap/400-mile race.
Three-time Brickyard 400 winner Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, will start second. Mark Martin, No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, will roll of third.
Jamie McMurray, No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet and Ryan Newman, No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet, will start fourth and fifth respectively. Clint Bowyer, No. 33 Wheaties Fuel Chevrolet, will start in sixth position.
Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, will roll off in eighth position. With Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet in ninth and Jeff Burton, No. 31 Prilosec OTC Chevrolet in the 10th starting position.
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 3 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 4 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 5 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 6 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 7 16 Greg Biffle Ford 8 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 9 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 10 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 11 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 12 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 13 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 14 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 15 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 16 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 17 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 18 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 19 99 Carl Edwards Ford 20 71 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 21 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 22 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 23 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 24 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 25 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 26 98 Paul Menard Ford 27 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 28 6 David Ragan Ford 29 0 David Reutimann Toyota 30 82 Scott Speed Toyota 31 21 Bill Elliott Ford 32 83 Reed Sorenson Toyota 33 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 34 20 Joey Logano Toyota 35 13 Max Papis Toyota 36 9 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 37 55 Michael McDowell Toyota 38 37 Travis Kvapil Ford 39 164 Todd Bodine Toyota 40 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 41 47 Marcos Ambrose+ Toyota 42 34 Kevin Conway+* Ford 43 132 Jacques Villeneuve Toyota
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