Tony Stewart will start Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 from pole position as he aims to rescue his Chase for the Sprint Cup campaign.
The Stewart-Haas Racing driver won the opening two races of the Chase, but sits seventh in points with six races remaining having struggled to 15th and 23rd place runs in the most recent two races.
Stewart lapped the Charlotte Motor Speedway course in 28.131s to beat Roush Fenway Ford driver Matt Kenseth to the pole by 0.006s.
The Ford Fusions of Carl Edwards, AJ Allmendinger and Greg Biffle round out the top five, while Australian Marcos Ambrose will share the sixth row with David Ragan.
See below for the full qualifying result
|
POS |
DRIVER |
MAKE |
SPONSOR |
TIME |
BEHIND |
| 1 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Mobil 1 / Office Depot | 28.131 | Leader |
| 2 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Fluidmaster | 28.137 | -0.006 |
| 3 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Aflac “Now Hiring” | 28.144 | -0.013 |
| 4 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | Best Buy | 28.159 | -0.028 |
| 5 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M “Give Kids A Smile” | 28.163 | -0.032 |
| 6 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Cookies for Kids’ Cancer | 28.186 | -0.055 |
| 7 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | CertainTeed / Menards | 28.204 | -0.073 |
| 8 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | Red Bull | 28.214 | -0.083 |
| 9 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe’s / Chevy 100th Anniversay | 28.222 | -0.091 |
| 10 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | Motorcraft | 28.234 | -0.103 |
| 11 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS Freight | 28.272 | -0.141 |
| 12 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Stanley / Bostitch | 28.272 | -0.141 |
| 13 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | 28.287 | -0.156 |
| 14 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches | 28.288 | -0.157 |
| 15 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Amp Energy / National Guard | 28.297 | -0.166 |
| 16 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 28.299 | -0.168 |
| 17 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Express | 28.302 | -0.171 |
| 18 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 28.326 | -0.195 |
| 19 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper | 28.330 | -0.199 |
| 20 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Pennzoil Ultra | 28.336 | -0.205 |
| 21 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Companies | 28.357 | -0.226 |
| 22 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Lance Snacks / Tom’s Snacks | 28.383 | -0.252 |
| 23 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger | 28.420 | -0.289 |
| 24 | Casey Mears | Toyota | GEICO | 28.462 | -0.331 |
| 25 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M’s | 28.490 | -0.359 |
| 26 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 28.493 | -0.362 |
| 27 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Arctic Cat | 28.511 | -0.380 |
| 28 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 28.559 | -0.428 |
| 29 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Aaron’s Dream Machine | 28.583 | -0.452 |
| 30 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | Thank A Teacher Today | 28.594 | -0.463 |
| 31 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 28.606 | -0.475 |
| 32 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 28.613 | -0.482 |
| 33 | David Gilliland | Ford | Tastykake | 28.632 | -0.501 |
| 34 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Ingersoll Rand | 28.682 | -0.551 |
| 35 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Golden Corral | 28.687 | -0.556 |
| 36 | David Stremme | Chevrolet | Inception Motorsports | 28.736 | -0.605 |
| 37 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | HP Racing LLC | 28.807 | -0.676 |
| 38 | J.J. Yeley | Ford | Long John Silver’s | 28.818 | -0.687 |
| 39 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood | 28.829 | -0.698 |
| 40 | Andy Lally* | Ford | Interstate Moving Services | 28.930 | -0.799 |
| 41 | Hermie Sadler+ | Ford | Susan G. Komen for the Cure | 29.083 | -0.952 |
| 42 | Mike Bliss+ | Ford | Street King | 29.120 | -0.989 |
| 43 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | Speed Energy / Harris Teeter | 28.985 | -0.854 |
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