At the end of qualifying for the Coke Zero 400, it was 52-year old Mark Martin scoring his 50th career pole as he put the No. 5 on the pole.
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[/media-credit]”Oh, this is awesome. I need to thank Hendrick Motorsports and just everybody. The CARQUEST Auto Parts colors are beautiful and I can’t wait to get out there tomorrow night. We’ve had a good run at Talladega with Jeff (Gordon) and we’re looking forward to tomorrow night.” Martin said.
Martin qualified with a lap of 182.065mph (49.433 seconds) for Hendrick Motorsports’ third restrictor plate pole in a row. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the pole for the Daytona 500 while Jeff Gordon won the pole at Talladega.
“We keep sharing these poles on these speedways for Hendrick Motorsports. So great run for Mark (Martin) and a really good run for us and our PepsiMax Chevrolet.” Gordon said.
Trevor Bayne, the youngest Daytona 500 winner at the age of 20, qualified second (182.002 mph), followed by Clint Bowyer (181.624), Gordon (181.583mph) and Ragan.
Earnhardt Jr. qualified sixth, followed by Andy Lally, Jimmie Johnson, A.J. Allmendinger and Paul Menard.
Points Leader Carl Edwards, meanwhile, qualified 14th.
The only drivers missing the show were Tony Raines and J.J. Yeley.
| Starting Lineup | |||||
| Coke Zero 400, Daytona International Speedway | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Cup/qual.php?race=17 | |||||
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| Pos. | No. | Driver | Make | Speed | Time |
| =========================================== | |||||
| 1 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | 182.065 | 49.433 |
| 2 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 182.002 | 49.45 |
| 3 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | 181.624 | 49.553 |
| 4 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 181.583 | 49.564 |
| 5 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | 181.32 | 49.636 |
| 6 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | 181.24 | 49.658 |
| 7 | 71 | Andy Lally* | Ford | 181.039 | 49.713 |
| 8 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 180.995 | 49.725 |
| 9 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | 180.948 | 49.738 |
| 10 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 180.934 | 49.742 |
| 11 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 180.894 | 49.753 |
| 12 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | 180.781 | 49.784 |
| 13 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | 180.752 | 49.792 |
| 14 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 180.748 | 49.793 |
| 15 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 180.745 | 49.794 |
| 16 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 180.661 | 49.817 |
| 17 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 180.581 | 49.839 |
| 18 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 180.571 | 49.842 |
| 19 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 180.549 | 49.848 |
| 20 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | 180.469 | 49.87 |
| 21 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 180.343 | 49.905 |
| 22 | 97 | Kevin Conway | Toyota | 180.31 | 49.914 |
| 23 | 0 | David Reutimann | Toyota | 180.296 | 49.918 |
| 24 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 180.242 | 49.933 |
| 25 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | 180.173 | 49.952 |
| 26 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 180.04 | 49.989 |
| 27 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | 179.856 | 50.04 |
| 28 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | 179.852 | 50.041 |
| 29 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | 179.784 | 50.06 |
| 30 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | 179.734 | 50.074 |
| 31 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 179.652 | 50.097 |
| 32 | 13 | Casey Mears | Toyota | 179.616 | 50.107 |
| 33 | 66 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | 179.605 | 50.11 |
| 34 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 179.433 | 50.158 |
| 35 | 135 | Geoff Bodine | Chevrolet | 179.261 | 50.206 |
| 36 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 179.229 | 50.215 |
| 37 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 179.083 | 50.256 |
| 38 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 178.855 | 50.32 |
| 39 | 34 | David Gilliland | Ford | 178.646 | 50.379 |
| 40 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | 178.617 | 50.387 |
| 41 | 32 | Terry Labonte | Ford | 178.586 | 50.396 |
| 42 | 7 | Mike Bliss+ | Dodge | 177.904 | 50.589 |
| 43 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 179.087 | 50.255 |
