Tony Stewart knew he had a good race car, he wasn’t sure how good until he took his qualifying run for Sunday’s running of the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway. When he got to turn one on his first lap, he radioed his crew to let them know it was very good.
The two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion put the No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet in the number one starting position for the second time in his career at Pocono Raceway. It was his second pole this season and the 12th overall.
Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 42 Target Chevrolet, will start alongside Stewart to make it an all-Chevrolet front row.
In total, Team Chevy drivers captured four of the top-five and eight of the top-10 starting slots for Sunday’s 200-lap/500-mile race.
Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, a four-time NSCS champion, will roll off fourth in the 43-car field. Ryan Newman, No. 39 US Army Chevrolet will start in fifth position.
Four-time defending NSCS champion Jimmie Johnson will start the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, in the sixth starting place.
Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet, was eighth fastest followed by last week’s Brickyard 400 winner Jamie McMurray, No. 1 AXE Twist Chevrolet in the ninth starting position.
Mark Martin, No. 5 Hendrickcars.com/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, rounds out the top-10 starters.
Denny Hamlin (Toyota) completes the top-five starters for the 21st race of the season.
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 2 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 3 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 4 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 5 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 7 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 8 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 9 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 10 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 11 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 12 16 Greg Biffle Ford 13 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 14 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 15 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 16 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 17 20 Joey Logano Toyota 18 6 David Ragan Ford 19 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 20 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 21 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 22 71 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 23 98 Paul Menard Ford 24 0 David Reutimann Toyota 25 99 Carl Edwards Ford 26 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 27 82 Scott Speed Toyota 28 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 29 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 30 46 J.J. Yeley Dodge 31 83 Reed Sorenson Toyota 32 38 Travis Kvapil Ford 33 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 34 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 35 9 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 36 55 Michael McDowell Toyota 37 37 David Gilliland Ford 38 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 39 36 Casey Mears Chevrolet 40 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 41 34 Kevin Conway+* Ford 42 7 P.J. Jones+ Toyota 43 164 Todd Bodine Toyota
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