Carl Edwards has scored his first pole of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup season with the fastest time at Texas Motor Speedway.

The Toyota driver is the sixth different pole winner in seven races this season.

Edwards has won at Texas Motor Speedway three times, but his last to Victory Lane in the Sprint Cup Series was back in 2008.

“I like it here, I really enjoy Texas,” Edwards said.

“This is a fun place to race. The tyre, I don’t know what the other guys feel, the tyre and downforce package for me lets me feel like I can go into the corner and move around and feel the tyre underneath me. Even in qualifying, there were times when I got a little sideways and it slid a little bit and I could recover and that’s really fun as a race car driver.

Joining Edwards on the front row will be Joey Logano, who incredibly had exactly the same time as Martin Truex Jr. His faster time in the second segment of qualifying being the tiebreaker to give him the front row spot.

Last year’s winner of the Duck Commander 500, Jimmie Johnson, qualified 11th. While last week’s winner at Martinsville Kyle Busch will go from 15th.

QUALIFYING: Duck Commander 500 – Texas Motor Speedway

POS.	CAR #	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	MPH	TIME	GAP
1	19	Carl Edwards		Stanley	194.609	27.748	Leader
2	22	Joey Logano		Shell Pennzoil	193.306	27.935	–0.187
3	78	Martin Truex Jr		Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats	193.306	27.935	–0.187
4	24	Chase Elliott		NAPA Auto Parts	193.036	27.974	–0.226
5	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr		Zest Ford Fusion	192.940	27.988	–0.240
6	11	Denny Hamlin		FedEx Office	192.912	27.992	–0.244
7	21	Ryan Blaney		Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire + Auto Center	192.885	27.996	–0.248
8	2	Brad Keselowski		Miller Lite	192.685	28.025	–0.277
9	20	Matt Kenseth		Dollar General	192.362	28.072	–0.324
10	3	Austin Dillon		DOW – FlexsoLyt	192.349	28.074	–0.326
11	48	Jimmie Johnson		Lowe’s	191.510	28.197	–0.449
12	6	Trevor Bayne		Advocare Ford Fusion	190.570	28.336	–0.588
13	14	Brian Vickers		TaxAct Military Files Free Chevrolet SS	192.905	27.993	–0.245
14	16	Greg Biffle		Kleen Performance Ford Fusion	192.850	28.001	–0.253
15	18	Kyle Busch		Interstate Batteries	192.644	28.031	–0.283
16	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr		Nationwide	192.548	28.045	–0.297
17	5	Kasey Kahne		Quicken Loans	192.404	28.066	–0.318
18	1	Jamie McMurray		Bad Boy Off Road	192.007	28.124	–0.376
19	31	Ryan Newman		Caterpillar	191.918	28.137	–0.389
20	42	Kyle Larson		Target	191.707	28.168	–0.420
21	41	Kurt Busch		Monster Energy / Haas Automation	191.598	28.184	–0.436
22	4	Kevin Harvick		Jimmy John’s	191.537	28.193	–0.445
23	47	AJ Allmendinger		Kroger/Bush’s Beans	191.435	28.208	–0.460
24	43	Aric Almirola		Smithfield	191.340	28.222	–0.474
25	27	Paul Menard		Rockstar Energy / Menards	192.417	28.064	–0.316
26	10	Danica Patrick		Nature’s Bakery	192.116	28.108	–0.360
27	44	Brian Scott		Albertons Co. / Shore Lodge	191.986	28.127	–0.379
28	7	Regan Smith		Fire Alarm Services, Inc. Chevrolet	191.775	28.158	–0.410
29	83	Matt DiBenedetto		Cosmo Motors	191.476	28.202	–0.454
30	95	Ty Dillon		Nexium 24HR Chevrolet SS	191.286	28.230	–0.482
31	23	David Ragan		Dr. Pepper	191.252	28.235	–0.487
32	13	Casey Mears		GEICO	190.564	28.337	–0.589
33	38	Landon Cassill		MDS Transport	190.228	28.387	–0.639
34	34	Chris Buescher		Love’s Travel Stops	190.121	28.403	–0.655
35	46	Michael Annett		Pilot Flying J	189.367	28.516	–0.768
36	15	Clint Bowyer		Visine	189.122	28.553	–0.805
37	98	Cole Whitt		TBA	188.193	28.694	–0.946
38	32	Jeffrey Earnhardt		Can – Am	185.522	29.107	–1.359
39	30	Josh Wise		CrawfestNB.com	184.963	29.195	–1.447
40	55	Reed Sorenson		TBA	181.592	29.737	–1.989

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