Pole
2012 Texas NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Starting Lineup – Martin Truex Jr. pole sitter
on
1 56 Martin Truex, Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 28.366 190.369
2 17 Matt Kenseth Best Buy Ford 28.399 190.148
3 16 Greg Biffle Filtrete Ford 28.403 190.121
4 55 Mark Martin Aaron’s Best of the Best Toyota 28.418 190.020
5 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 28.476 189.633
6 39 Ryan Newman US ARMY Chevrolet 28.497 189.494
7 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 28.501 189.467
8 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 28.514 189.381
9 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 28.527 189.294
10 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet 28.529 189.281
11 27 Paul Menard Quaker State/Menards Chevrolet 28.559 189.082
12 22 AJ Allmendinger Shell Pennzoil Dodge 28.568 189.023
13 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office/March of Dimes Toyota 28.589 188.884
14 20 Joey Logano Dollar General Toyota 28.601 188.805
15 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 28.624 188.653
16 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet 28.656 188.442
17 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 28.678 188.298
18 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 28.679 188.291
LISTEN – THE FINAL LAP WEEKLY – TEXAS PREVIEW SHOW (GUEST SCOTT ZIPADELLI)
19 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 28.695 188.186
20 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 28.730 187.957
MARTIN TRUEX JR. CONTINUES HOT STREAK, WILL START SAMSUNG MOBILE 500 FROM THE POLE
on
By: Toby Christie – Follow on Twitter @Tobalical
Martin Truex Jr. has absolutely been on fire so far in 2012, as has been the case with the whole Michael Waltrip Racing team. Those trends continued Friday during Coors Light Pole qualifying for Saturday night’s Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Truex posted a lap of 190.369 mph, which was just enough to edge out Roush-Fenway teammates Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle for the pole. This marks the seventh pole of Truex’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career, and it’s his second pole at Texas Motor Speedway.
Matt Kenseth was just saddened by being so close to the pole.
“That was good. I just would feel better if I got beat by more I guess. I felt like I got it all out of there and we just missed it a little bit. Our car has a lot of speed we just don’t have it driving exactly right yet. I had a couple different issues. A little bit of everything. It was a little too loose, but I had some other problems too.”
2012 Texas NASCAR Nationwide Series Starting Lineup – Paul Menard on pole
on
1 33 Paul Menard(i) Menards/Rheem Chevrolet 29.717 181.714
2 18 Denny Hamlin(i) SportClips Toyota 29.886 180.687
3 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Pure Michigan Ford 29.934 180.397
4 3 Austin Dillon # American Ethanol Chevrolet 29.974 180.156
5 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 29.979 180.126
6 54 Kurt Busch(i) Monster Energy Toyota 30.085 179.491
7 88 Cole Whitt # TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet 30.103 179.384
8 38 Kasey Kahne(i) Great Clips Chevrolet 30.224 178.666
9 30 Steve Arpin Mike’s On The Rocks Chevrolet 30.232 178.619
10 44 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Toyota 30.264 178.430
11 11 Brian Scott Dollar General Toyota 30.299 178.224
12 20 Joey Logano(i) GameStop/Batman2DCSuperHeroes Toyota 30.357 177.883
13 22 Brad Keselowski(i) Discount Tire Dodge 30.382 177.737
14 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Wurth Dodge 30.383 177.731
15 70 Johanna Long # Foretravel Chevrolet 30.383 177.731
16 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 30.392 177.678
17 7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 30.394 177.667
18 43 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Ford 30.530 176.875
19 09 Ryan Truex Grime Boss Toyota 30.587 176.546
20 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr.(i) Degree Chevrolet 30.675 176.039
21 08 Kyle Fowler Randy Hill Racing Ford 30.757 175.570
22 10 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 30.826 175.177
LISTEN – THE FINAL LAP WEEKLY – TEXAS PREVIEW SHOW (GUEST SCOTT ZIPADELLI)
23 81 Jason Bowles # American Majority Toyota 30.839 175.103
24 01 Mike Wallace G&K Services Chevrolet 30.857 175.001
25 4 Danny Efland Danny Efland Racing Chevrolet 30.903 174.740
Continue reading “2012 Texas NASCAR Nationwide Series Starting Lineup – Paul Menard on pole”
The Final Lap Weekly 