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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