Michael Waltrip Racing’s Mark Martin will start Richmond International Raceway’s Capital City 400 from pole position.
Martin lapped the 3/4 mile circuit in 21.04s to edge out Carl Edwards by just 0.006s.
“The Stanley Ford was better in qualifying,” said Ambrose.
“We wanted to be a tick better than that, but it’s still not bad. We’ll look over our notes and do some more homework for tomorrow night. I think we can have a good run.”
“I can’t say enough about this race team and that car,” said Martin after his lap, which was the last of the qualifying session.
“We were fast in practice and it was good to back that up with this qualifying effort. I’m looking forward to having a good night on Saturday.”
Kevin Harvick, AJ Allmendinger, Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr, Kasey Kahne and Dale Earnhardt Jr rounded out the top 10.
Australian Marcos Ambrose qualified 14th, just 0.17s from pole.
“The Stanley Ford was better in qualifying,” said Ambrose.
“We wanted to be a tick better than that, but it’s still not bad. We’ll look over our notes and do some more homework for tomorrow night. I think we can have a good run.”
See below for the full session result
|
POS |
DRIVER |
MAKE |
SPONSOR |
TIME |
BEHIND |
| 1 | Mark Martin | Toyota | Aaron’s Dream Machine | 21.040 | Leader |
| 2 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Roush Fenway Racing | 21.046 | -0.006 |
| 3 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches | 21.087 | -0.047 |
| 4 | AJ Allmendinger | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | 21.100 | -0.060 |
| 5 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M’s Ms. Brown | 21.101 | -0.061 |
| 6 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 21.135 | -0.095 |
| 7 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Freight | 21.138 | -0.098 |
| 8 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Brakes | 21.147 | -0.107 |
| 9 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | Farmers Insurance | 21.161 | -0.121 |
| 10 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew | 21.169 | -0.129 |
| 11 | Aric Almirola | Ford | Smithfield “Helping Hungry Homes” | 21.184 | -0.144 |
| 12 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | 21.194 | -0.154 |
| 13 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | Phoenix Construction Services | 21.205 | -0.165 |
| 14 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Stanley | 21.213 | -0.173 |
| 15 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row / Farm American | 21.225 | -0.185 |
| 16 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 21.261 | -0.221 |
| 17 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | SealWrap | 21.266 | -0.226 |
| 18 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 21.274 | -0.234 |
| 19 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Bush’s Baked Beans | 21.278 | -0.238 |
| 20 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 21.290 | -0.250 |
| 21 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | Burger King / Dr Pepper | 21.294 | -0.254 |
| 22 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Mobil 1 / Office Depot | 21.302 | -0.262 |
| 23 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 5-hour Energy | 21.311 | -0.271 |
| 24 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Roush Fenway Racing | 21.313 | -0.273 |
| 25 | Michael McDowell | Ford | Curb Records | 21.325 | -0.285 |
| 26 | Casey Mears | Ford | GEICO | 21.346 | -0.306 |
| 27 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe’s | 21.350 | -0.310 |
| 28 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M “Give Kids A Smile” | 21.356 | -0.316 |
| 29 | Travis Kvapil | Toyota | Burger King / Dr Pepper | 21.369 | -0.329 |
| 30 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | BB&T | 21.408 | -0.368 |
| 31 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | NIBCO / Menards | 21.408 | -0.368 |
| 32 | Josh Wise* | Ford | Morristown Driver’s Service | 21.411 | -0.371 |
| 33 | David Reutimann | Chevrolet | Tommy Baldwin Racing | 21.423 | -0.383 |
| 34 | David Stremme | Toyota | Inception Motorsports | 21.432 | -0.392 |
| 35 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves | 21.448 | -0.408 |
| 36 | Scott Speed | Ford | Tommy Williams Drywall | 21.456 | -0.416 |
| 37 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | McDonald’s | 21.485 | -0.445 |
| 38 | David Ragan | Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 21.503 | -0.463 |
| 39 | Mike Bliss | Toyota | Humphrey Smith Racing | 21.545 | -0.505 |
| 40 | Cole Whitt | Chevrolet | Turn One Racing | 21.663 | -0.623 |
| 41 | David Gilliland | Ford | Long John Silver’s | 21.690 | -0.650 |
| 42 | Reed Sorenson | Ford | FAS Lane Racing | 21.705 | -0.665 |
| 43 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | North Texas Pipe | 21.807 | -0.767 |
| 44 | J.J. Yeley | Toyota | America Israel Racing / JPO Absorbents | 22.030 | -0.990 |
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