Stewart-Haas Racing’s Ryan Newman has continued his recent run of strong oval track form by taking pole position for the IRWIN Tools Night Race at Bristol.
On a track where the first 27 cars were separated by less than 0.2s, Newman beat Carl Edwards to pole by a mere 0.02s.
Matt Kenseth, Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin were next, while Jamie McMurray, Paul Menard, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano and Kurt Busch rounded out the top 10.
Australian Marcos Ambrose will line-up 11th.
Points leader Kyle Busch could manage only 23rd fastest, while Newman’s team-mate Tony Stewart fared even worse – relying on his championship position to qualify for the race after setting the slowest qualifying time among the 46 cars present.
See below for the full result
|
POS |
DRIVER |
MAKE |
SPONSOR |
TIME |
BEHIND |
| 1 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops | 15.624 | Leader |
| 2 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Aflac Dental | 15.642 | -0.018 |
| 3 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Crown Royal | 15.643 | -0.019 |
| 4 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger | 15.654 | -0.030 |
| 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | Farmers Insurance | 15.658 | -0.034 |
| 6 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops | 15.659 | -0.035 |
| 7 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Sylvania / Menards | 15.676 | -0.052 |
| 8 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 15.683 | -0.059 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 15.688 | -0.064 |
| 10 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | 15.699 | -0.075 |
| 11 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Stanley | 15.715 | -0.091 |
| 12 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row / Farm American | 15.721 | -0.097 |
| 13 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools | 15.725 | -0.101 |
| 14 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | 15.725 | -0.101 |
| 15 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Realtree / Bad Boy Buggies | 15.727 | -0.103 |
| 16 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Hamburger Helper | 15.727 | -0.103 |
| 17 | David Gilliland | Ford | Thanks Bristol Fans | 15.736 | -0.112 |
| 18 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | Best Buy | 15.738 | -0.114 |
| 19 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 15.755 | -0.131 |
| 20 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Express | 15.760 | -0.136 |
| 21 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 15.765 | -0.141 |
| 22 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Amp Energy | 15.775 | -0.151 |
| 23 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Wrigley’s Doublemint | 15.785 | -0.161 |
| 24 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS “We Love Logistics” | 15.787 | -0.163 |
| 25 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | Red Bull | 15.793 | -0.169 |
| 26 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 15.820 | -0.196 |
| 27 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 15.822 | -0.198 |
| 28 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AMFMEnergy.com | 15.835 | -0.211 |
| 29 | Casey Mears | Toyota | GEICO | 15.839 | -0.215 |
| 30 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Bush’s Baked Beans | 15.843 | -0.219 |
| 31 | David Stremme | Chevrolet | EchoStar Technologies | 15.875 | -0.251 |
| 32 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | HP Racing LLC | 15.879 | -0.255 |
| 33 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Long John Silver’s | 15.894 | -0.270 |
| 34 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Aaron’s Freedom Ride Dream | 15.901 | -0.277 |
| 35 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Golden Corral | 15.930 | -0.306 |
| 36 | Scott Speed | Ford | RetakeOurGov.com | 15.949 | -0.325 |
| 37 | David Starr | Ford | AdvoCare | 15.970 | -0.346 |
| 38 | Andy Lally* | Ford | Interstate Moving Services | 16.012 | -0.388 |
| 39 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | Speed Energy | 16.012 | -0.388 |
| 40 | Mike Bliss | Chevrolet | Phoenix Construction | 16.049 | -0.425 |
| 41 | Terry Labonte+ | Ford | C&J Energy | 16.306 | -0.682 |
| 42 | Tony Stewart+ | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Office Depot | 16.485 | -0.861 |
| 43 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | Big Red | 16.089 | -0.465 |
| 44 | T.J. Bell* | Chevrolet | Green Smoke | 16.103 | -0.479 |
| 45 | J.J. Yeley | Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 16.116 | -0.492 |
| 46 | Jeff Green | Ford | Koma Unwind | 16.302 | -0.678 |
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