“The process
that is going to put us out in front of Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing
and the rest of these guys every Sunday is just starting. We can use positive
things like this pole position and hopefully a win… to move forward and gain
faith in a better process. I think that is going to be great. The engine is a
big part of it and today.
“The engine
group came through huge.”
Kurt Busch qualified on the outside
pole for Sunday’s race, his fourth front-row start of 2013 including three of
the last four races. Kasey Kahne was third, followed by Paul Menard and Aric
Almirola. Joey Logano, Austin Dillon, Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch and Juan Pablo
Montoya comleted the Top-10.
The top 13 drivers all exceeded
200 mph in qualifying, but Edwards said he does not expect similarly high
speeds on race day.
“This new car is so fast here and has so much
grip,” he said. “When you pull the tape off, you have to really make the car
work. Having that tape on there with all that downforce can make the car feel
really good and make it go for a lap, but it will be a tough race. The race
will be different and hopefully we can master that whole problem and go to
Victory Lane. That would be huge.”
A total of 44 drivers took
time Friday, with Scott Riggs failing to make the race in the Xxxtreme
Motorsports Ford.
POS # Driver
1
99 Carl Edwards
2
78 Kurt Busch
3
5 Kasey Kahne
4
27 Paul Menard
5
43 Aric Almirola
6
22 Joey Logano
7
33 Austin Dillon
8
20 Matt Kenseth
9
18 Kyle Busch
10
42 Juan Pablo Montoya
11
11 Denny Hamlin
12
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
13
56 Martin Truex Jr.
14
14 Tony Stewart
15
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #
16
2 Brad Keselowski
17
48 Jimmie Johnson
18
31 Jeff Burton
19
16 Greg Biffle
20
51 Bobby Labonte
21
29 Kevin Harvick
22
55 Mark Martin
23
9 Marcos Ambrose
24
13 Casey Mears
25
21 Trevor Bayne
26
38 David Gilliland
27
15 Clint Bowyer
28
1 Jamie McMurray
29
24 Jeff Gordon
30
98 Michael McDowell
31
34 David Ragan
32
47 AJ Allmendinger
33
83 David Reutimann
34
30 David Stremme
35
39 Ryan Newman
36
7 Dave Blaney
37
10 Danica Patrick #
38
35 Josh Wise
39
32 Ken Schrader
40
36 JJ Yeley
41
93 Travis Kvapil
42
87 Joe Nemechek
43
19 Mike Bliss
44
44 Scott Riggs
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