David Ragan has added a pole position at Indianapolis to the one he collected at Daytona earlier this month.
The UPS Ford driver picked up his second career pole with a qualifying lap of 182.994mph (49.182 seconds), fast enough to win the pole for Sunday’s Brickyard 400, the 20th Sprint Cup race of the season.
“It’ll be cool to lead the pack [Sunday],” said the Roush Fenway Racing driver.
“I knew we had a shot at the pole when we unloaded in qualifying trim on Friday. [Crew chief] Drew [Blickensderfer] made a few small adjustments, and I just tried to hit my marks and not do anything crazy.
“I knew we had a shot at a top-five or top-10 run for sure, so I just wanted to be a little conservative. I hit my marks, and everything did what it needed to do, and we wound up on top. It’s an honor to be here and to be the fastest guy at Indy.”
Kasey Kahne (182.927mph) will start from the outside of the front row. Early qualifier Jimmie Johnson went out 17th in the order but his lap of 182.801mph stood up for third.
Kurt Busch (182.671mph) took fourth place ahead of Brad Keselowski, A.J. Allmendinger, Juan Montoya, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth and series points leader Carl Edwards.
Australian Marcos Ambrose will line-up in 21st position.
David Stremme, Travis Kvapil, Erik Darnell, J.J. Yeley and Scott Wimmer failed to qualify for the 43-car field.
| POS | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
| 1 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS / Ned Jarrett NASCAR Hall of Fame | 182.994 | 49.182 | Leader |
| 2 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | Red Bull | 182.927 | 49.200 | -0.018 |
| 3 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools | 182.801 | 49.234 | -0.052 |
| 4 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | 182.671 | 49.269 | -0.087 |
| 5 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 182.556 | 49.300 | -0.118 |
| 6 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | Best Buy | 182.445 | 49.330 | -0.148 |
| 7 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 182.367 | 49.351 | -0.169 |
| 8 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger | 182.242 | 49.385 | -0.203 |
| 9 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Crown Royal | 182.216 | 49.392 | -0.210 |
| 10 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Ortho Home Defense Max | 182.050 | 49.437 | -0.255 |
| 11 | 13 | Casey Mears | Toyota | GEICO | 182.024 | 49.444 | -0.262 |
| 12 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | Quaker State/ GoDaddy.com | 181.969 | 49.459 | -0.277 |
| 13 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 181.895 | 49.479 | -0.297 |
| 14 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Express | 181.892 | 49.480 | -0.298 |
| 15 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | NIBCO / Menards | 181.870 | 49.486 | -0.304 |
| 16 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker | 181.848 | 49.492 | -0.310 |
| 17 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Huggies Little Movers Slip-On Diapers | 181.715 | 49.528 | -0.346 |
| 18 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | American Red Cross / Type O “Give Blood” | 181.682 | 49.537 | -0.355 |
| 19 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches | 181.635 | 49.550 | -0.368 |
| 20 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 181.422 | 49.608 | -0.426 |
| 21 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Stanley | 181.389 | 49.617 | -0.435 |
| 22 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Amp Energy / National Guard | 181.335 | 49.632 | -0.450 |
| 23 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Haas Automation | 181.320 | 49.636 | -0.454 |
| 24 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Mobil 1 / Office Depot | 181.251 | 49.655 | -0.473 |
| 25 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center | 181.134 | 49.687 | -0.505 |
| 26 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper | 180.981 | 49.729 | -0.547 |
| 27 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Companies | 180.926 | 49.744 | -0.562 |
| 28 | 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Aaron’s Dream Machine | 180.912 | 49.748 | -0.566 |
| 29 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M’s | 180.854 | 49.764 | -0.582 |
| 30 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Platinum Filter | 180.618 | 49.829 | -0.647 |
| 31 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 180.611 | 49.831 | -0.649 |
| 32 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit | 180.133 | 49.963 | -0.781 |
| 33 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Big Red | 179.924 | 50.021 | -0.839 |
| 34 | 37 | Scott Speed | Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 179.548 | 50.126 | -0.944 |
| 35 | 66 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | HP Racing LLC | 179.451 | 50.153 | -0.971 |
| 36 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves | 179.297 | 50.196 | -1.014 |
| 37 | 34 | David Gilliland | Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 179.276 | 50.202 | -1.020 |
| 38 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | Big Red | 178.990 | 50.282 | -1.100 |
| 39 | 71 | Andy Lally* | Ford | Interstate Moving Services | 178.926 | 50.300 | -1.118 |
| 40 | 150 | T.J. Bell* | Chevrolet | Green Smoke | 177.992 | 50.564 | -1.382 |
| 41 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | Speed Energy | 177.866 | 50.600 | -1.418 |
| 42 | 32 | Mike Bliss+ | Ford | TMone “We Drive Sales” | 177.862 | 50.601 | -1.419 |
| 43 | 223 | Terry Labonte | Ford | CRMone “We Drive Service” | Champion’s Provisional – | ||
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