Tony Stewart put the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet on the pole for Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Sunday’s race will be the two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion’s 400th career start.
This is Stewart’s 11th pole in NSCS competition and his first since Martinsville Speedway, October 2005.
Team Chevy drivers captured six of the top-10 starting positions for the 334-lap, 501-mile race.
Four-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, will roll off fourth.
Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet, qualified in the sixth position. Clint Bowyer, No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet, posted the eighth fastest qualifying time.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr., No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet, will start ninth in the eighth race of the season.
Ryan Newman, No. 39 US Army ROTC Chevrolet, last week’s winner at Phoenix International Raceway, will roll off in the 10th starting spot.
Sam Hornish, Jr. (Dodge), Greg Biffle (Ford) and Kasey Kahne (Ford) complete the top-five starters.
TONY STEWART, NO. 14 OFFICE DEPOT/OLD SPICE CHEVROLET, POLE SITTER: “I am real happy with our lap. I’m not normally a very good qualifying so that is a great great run for our Office Depot/Old Spice Chevy. I want to thank Hendrick chassis and engines. This one is for everybody at Stewart-Haas Racing. They have really been working hard. Last weekend was a good weekend for us as an organization. I am really proud of what they are doing, so thank you guys!
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 2 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 3 16 Greg Biffle Ford 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 5 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 6 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 7 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 8 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 10 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 11 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 12 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 13 6 David Ragan Ford 14 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 15 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 16 0 David Reutimann Toyota 17 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 18 20 Joey Logano Toyota 19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 20 99 Carl Edwards Ford 21 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 22 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 23 82 Scott Speed Toyota 24 55 Dave Blaney Toyota 25 98 Paul Menard Ford 26 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 27 13 Max Papis Toyota 28 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 29 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 30 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 31 37 David Gilliland Ford 32 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 33 66 Michael McDowell Toyota 34 9 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 35 34 Travis Kvapil Ford 36 21 Bill Elliott Ford 37 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 38 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 39 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 40 38 Kevin Conway* Ford 41 71 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 42 83 Brian Vickers+ Toyota 43 132 Reed Sorenson Toyota
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