Brad Keppel
Clint Bowyer captured the pole for Friday nights Nationwide Series Dollar General 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a lap of 182.174 MPH (29.642secs).
Ryan Newman qualified second, Brad Keselowski third, Joey Logano fourth and Martin Truex Jr. qualified fifth.
“A solid lap for this Discount Tire Dodge Challenger. I’m pretty happy with our effort. The 21 ran a heck of a lap. I think that we needed to be a little bit tighter. It looks like we’ll start somewhere near the front which will give us a good pit stall for tonight. We’re fast and we start up front. All is good.” Keselowski said.
Danica Patrick qualified 18th.
Starting Lineup
Dollar General 300, Charlotte Motor Speedway
October 15, 2010 | Race 31 of 35
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Make | Speed | Time | Behind |
| 1 | 21 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | 182.174 | 29.642 | |
| 2 | 1 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 181.732 | 29.714 | -0.072 |
| 3 | 22 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 181.629 | 29.731 | -0.089 |
| 4 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 181.385 | 29.771 | -0.129 |
| 5 | 100 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 181.36 | 29.775 | -0.133 |
| 6 | 98 | Paul Menard | Ford | 180.475 | 29.921 | -0.279 |
| 7 | 32 | Reed Sorenson | Toyota | 180.288 | 29.952 | -0.31 |
| 8 | 26 | Parker Kligerman | Dodge | 180.234 | 29.961 | -0.319 |
| 9 | 12 | Justin Allgaier | Dodge | 179.904 | 30.016 | -0.374 |
| 10 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 179.874 | 30.021 | -0.379 |
| 11 | 60 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 179.533 | 30.078 | -0.436 |
| 12 | 16 | Colin Braun* | Ford | 179.372 | 30.105 | -0.463 |
| 13 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr.* | Ford | 179.176 | 30.138 | -0.496 |
| 14 | 33 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 179.158 | 30.141 | -0.499 |
| 15 | 88 | Aric Almirola | Chevrolet | 179.087 | 30.153 | -0.511 |
| 16 | 66 | Steve Wallace | Toyota | 178.956 | 30.175 | -0.533 |
| 17 | 99 | Ryan Truex | Toyota | 178.861 | 30.191 | -0.549 |
| 18 | 7 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | 178.548 | 30.244 | -0.602 |
| 19 | 11 | David Reutimann | Toyota | 178.512 | 30.25 | -0.608 |
| 20 | 104 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 178.459 | 30.259 | -0.617 |
| 21 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Toyota | 177.754 | 30.379 | -0.737 |
| 22 | 9 | Brian Scott* | Ford | 177.596 | 30.406 | -0.764 |
| 23 | 25 | Kelly Bires | Ford | 177.462 | 30.429 | -0.787 |
| 24 | 38 | Jason Leffler | Toyota | 177.375 | 30.444 | -0.802 |
| 25 | 17 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 177.311 | 30.455 | -0.813 |
| 26 | 49 | Mark Green | Chevrolet | 177.119 | 30.488 | -0.846 |
| 27 | 5 | David Starr | Chevrolet | 177.107 | 30.49 | -0.848 |
| 28 | 156 | Kevin Lepage | Toyota | 177.032 | 30.503 | -0.861 |
| 29 | 70 | Shelby Howard | Chevrolet | 176.922 | 30.522 | -0.88 |
| 30 | 10 | James Buescher* | Toyota | 176.806 | 30.542 | -0.9 |
| 31 | 81 | Michael McDowell | Dodge | 176.58 | 30.581 | -0.939 |
| 32 | 15 | Michael Annett | Toyota | 176.401 | 30.612 | -0.97 |
| 33 | 136 | Jeff Green | Chevrolet | 176.292 | 30.631 | -0.989 |
| 34 | 34 | Tony Raines | Chevrolet | 175.85 | 30.708 | -1.066 |
| 35 | 1 | Mike Wallace | Chevrolet | 175.41 | 30.785 | -1.143 |
| 36 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | 175.33 | 30.799 | -1.157 |
| 37 | 35 | Jason Keller | Chevrolet | 175.296 | 30.805 | -1.163 |
| 38 | 27 | Hermie Sadler | Ford | 174.854 | 30.883 | -1.241 |
| 39 | 43 | Josh Wise | Dodge | 174.531 | 30.94 | -1.298 |
| 40 | 40 | Mike Bliss | Chevrolet | 173.812 | 31.068 | -1.426 |
| 41 | 23 | Robert Richardson Jr. | Chevrolet | 170.702 | 31.634 | -1.992 |
| 42 | 28 | Kenny Wallace+ | Chevrolet | 158.144 | 34.146 | -4.504 |
| 43 | 24 | Eric McClure | Ford | 173.438 | 31.135 | -1.493 |
