Friday’s Sprint Cup qualifying session at Michigan International Speedway brought another pole for Brian Vickers.
Vickers, who topped Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson to win his eighth pole in the series and his third this season, says he can use some luck to help get to Victory Lane in Sunday’s LifeLock 400 at the 2-mile speedway in the Irish Hills.
“We’ve had the poles, and we’ve had the fast cars,” said Vickers, who turned his pole-winning lap in 38.073 seconds (189.110 mph) to lead Toyotas to three of the top four starting positions. NASCAR.com
“We were happy with it,” Busch said. “Basically, we unloaded (the car) off the truck today in race trim, so hopefully we’ll be faster (in final practice) tomorrow and be better for Sunday.”
Three-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson qualified third, followed by David Reutimann and Kurt Busch.
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AJ Allmendinger, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Clint Bowyer and John Andretti completed the top-10.
Tony Stewart, the current points leader and last weekend’s winner at Pocono, will start 11th. MiamiHerald.com
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 4 0 David Reutimann Toyota 5 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 6 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge 7 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 8 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 9 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 10 34 John Andretti Chevrolet 11 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 12 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 13 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 14 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 15 21 Bill Elliott Ford 16 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 17 96 Bobby Labonte Ford 18 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 19 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 20 16 Greg Biffle Ford 21 82 Scott Speed* Toyota 22 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 23 6 David Ragan Ford 24 20 Joey Logano* Toyota 25 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 26 12 David Stremme Dodge 27 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 28 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 29 99 Carl Edwards Ford 30 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 31 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 32 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 33 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 34 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 35 171 David Gilliland Chevrolet 36 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 37 7 Casey Mears Chevrolet 38 98 Paul Menard Ford 39 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 40 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota 41 37 Tony Raines Dodge 42 9 Sterling Marlin Dodge 43 113 Max Papis* Toyota
