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[/media-credit]Martin Truex Jr. captured the pole for Saturday nights Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway with a lap of 190.369 MPH (28.366 SECS).
This was Truex’s first pole of the season, his second at Texas Motor Speedway and the seventh in his career.
Matt Kenseth qualified second, points leader Greg Biffle third, Mark Martin fourth and Kasey Kahne qualified fifth.
“The car was under me and I was being a little protective. We have a great car for tomorrow night so I am pretty excited about that.” Biffle said.
“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.” Kenseth said of his qualifying lap.
Tony Stewart qualified 29th in a backup car after hitting the outside wall during practice.
“I just got loose and didn’t have enough race track to get it gathered up. We haven’t got a lot of laps on this one, but I think we feel better with this one so far.” Stewart said.
| Starting Lineup | |||||
| Samsung Mobile 500, Texas Motor Speedway | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Cup/qual.php?race=7 | |||||
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| Pos. | No. | Driver | Make | Speed | Time |
| =========================================== | |||||
| 1 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 190.369 | 28.366 |
| 2 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 190.148 | 28.399 |
| 3 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 190.121 | 28.403 |
| 4 | 55 | Mark Martin | Toyota | 190.02 | 28.418 |
| 5 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | 189.633 | 28.476 |
| 6 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 189.494 | 28.497 |
| 7 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 189.467 | 28.501 |
| 8 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 189.381 | 28.514 |
| 9 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 189.294 | 28.527 |
| 10 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 189.281 | 28.529 |
| 11 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 189.082 | 28.559 |
| 12 | 22 | AJ Allmendinger | Dodge | 189.023 | 28.568 |
| 13 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 188.884 | 28.589 |
| 14 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 188.805 | 28.601 |
| 15 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 188.653 | 28.624 |
| 16 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | 188.442 | 28.656 |
| 17 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 188.298 | 28.678 |
| 18 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 188.291 | 28.679 |
| 19 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 188.186 | 28.695 |
| 20 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 187.957 | 28.73 |
| 21 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | 187.872 | 28.743 |
| 22 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | 187.813 | 28.752 |
| 23 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 187.748 | 28.762 |
| 24 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | 187.676 | 28.773 |
| 25 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | 187.539 | 28.794 |
| 26 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | 187.292 | 28.832 |
| 27 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 187.182 | 28.849 |
| 28 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | 187.11 | 28.86 |
| 29 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 186.994 | 28.878 |
| 30 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 186.981 | 28.88 |
| 31 | 10 | David Reutimann | Chevrolet | 186.664 | 28.929 |
| 32 | 26 | Josh Wise* | Ford | 186.361 | 28.976 |
| 33 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 185.925 | 29.044 |
| 34 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 185.605 | 29.094 |
| 35 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | 185.605 | 29.094 |
| 36 | 249 | J.J. Yeley | Toyota | 185.542 | 29.104 |
| 37 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | Toyota | 185.191 | 29.159 |
| 38 | 195 | Scott Speed | Ford | 185.122 | 29.17 |
| 39 | 32 | Reed Sorenson | Ford | 184.824 | 29.217 |
| 40 | 23 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | 184.748 | 29.229 |
| 41 | 36 | Dave Blaney+ | Chevrolet | 183.275 | 29.464 |
| 42 | 33 | Tony Raines+ | Chevrolet | 181.824 | 29.699 |
| 43 | 119 | Mike Bliss | Toyota | 184.729 | 29.232 |
