David Ragan continued Roush Fenway Racing’s domination of the first two days of the Brickyard 400 presented by Big Machine Records.com, winning the pole Saturday, July 30 with a lap of 182.994 mph.
Roush Fenway ruled all three practice sessions at this event, with Matt Kenseth leading the opening practice Friday and Greg Biffle on top of the second practice Friday and pre-qualifying practice Saturday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But Ragan stole the show in qualifying, claiming the first Brickyard 400 pole for himself and Roush Fenway late in the session in the No. 6 UPS Hall of Fame/Ned Jarrett Ford.
“It sounds good,” Ragan said. “Brickyard winner would sound even better. This is the first step to winning the race tomorrow. Our UPS Ford has been fast. It’s been fast in qualifying trim. We still need to work on it a little bit for race trim. We’re just a little off, but I have a lot of confidence in our team that we can make the right decisions tomorrow and be up front.”
Kasey Kahne will join Ragan on the front row after turning a lap of 182.927 in the No. 4 Red Bull Toyota. Three-time Brickyard 400 winner Jimmie Johnson will start third in the No. 48 Lowe’s/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet after a qualifying lap of 182.801.
Penske Racing teammates Kurt Busch and Brad Keselowski qualified fourth and fifth, respectively, trying to deliver 15-time Indianapolis 500-winning car owner Roger Penske his first Brickyard 400 victory.
Busch was fourth at 182.671 in the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge, with Keselowski fifth at 182.556 in the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge.
Four-time Brickyard 400 winner Jeff Gordon will start eighth after a lap of 182.242 in the No. 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet.
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 6 David Ragan Ford 2 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 4 22 Kurt Busch Dodge 5 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 6 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 7 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 8 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 9 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 10 99 Carl Edwards Ford 11 13 Casey Mears Toyota 12 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 13 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 14 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 15 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 16 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 17 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 18 16 Greg Biffle Ford 19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 20 20 Joey Logano Toyota 21 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 22 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 23 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 24 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 25 21 Trevor Bayne Ford 26 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 27 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 28 0 David Reutimann Toyota 29 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 30 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 31 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 32 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 33 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 34 37 Scott Speed Ford 35 66 Michael McDowell Toyota 36 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 37 34 David Gilliland Ford 38 60 Mike Skinner Toyota 39 71 Andy Lally* Ford 40 150 T.J. Bell* Chevrolet 41 7 Robby Gordon Dodge 42 32 Mike Bliss+ Ford 43 223 Terry Labonte Ford
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