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[/media-credit]Denny Hamlin captured the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Curtiss Shaver 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a lap of 182.763 mph.
This was the 11th pole of Hamlin’s career and his second this season.
“I just made sure I hit my marks, that was the most important thing. It was a great day for our FedEx Express Toyota. We feel like we have a car that will race good.” Hamlin said.
With new crew chief Chad Norris, Carl Edwards qualified second.
“That was a really good lap for us. I am just proud of everyone for coming together and working together. Everyone at the shop, Chad Norris, Bob Osborne, all the engineers and everyone here at the track who said, ‘Alright, lets put everything we can into this for the next seven weeks.’ I know this is just the first lap of our run toward the Chase but that is a good lap.” Edwards said.
Joey Logano qualified third, Aric Almirola fourth and Greg Biffle qualified fifth.
“It’s really tricky around here. I felt like we had a decent lap in our Dollar General Camry. The car wasn’t quite perfect, but we’ve been working on the thing really hard. We didn’t unload very good. We’ve been working hard and making improvements with it” Logano said.
Drivers Reed Sorenson, Joe Nemechek and Michael McDowell failed to qualify.
| Starting Lineup | |||||
| Curtiss Shaver 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Cup/qual.php?race=20 | |||||
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| Pos. | No. | Driver | Make | Speed | Time |
| =========================================== | |||||
| 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 182.763 | 49.244 |
| 2 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 181.984 | 49.455 |
| 3 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 181.756 | 49.517 |
| 4 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 181.679 | 49.538 |
| 5 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 181.532 | 49.578 |
| 6 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 181.357 | 49.626 |
| 7 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 181.046 | 49.711 |
| 8 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 181.014 | 49.72 |
| 9 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 180.952 | 49.737 |
| 10 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 180.654 | 49.819 |
| 11 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 180.611 | 49.831 |
| 12 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | 180.516 | 49.857 |
| 13 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 180.487 | 49.865 |
| 14 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | 180.473 | 49.869 |
| 15 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | 180.447 | 49.876 |
| 16 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 180.437 | 49.879 |
| 17 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 180.433 | 49.88 |
| 18 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 180.39 | 49.892 |
| 19 | 55 | Mark Martin | Toyota | 180.386 | 49.893 |
| 20 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | 180.245 | 49.932 |
| 21 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | 180.177 | 49.951 |
| 22 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 180.148 | 49.959 |
| 23 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 180.072 | 49.98 |
| 24 | 22 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | 179.928 | 50.02 |
| 25 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | 179.519 | 50.134 |
| 26 | 30 | David Stremme | Toyota | 179.212 | 50.22 |
| 27 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 178.894 | 50.309 |
| 28 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 178.862 | 50.318 |
| 29 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 178.816 | 50.331 |
| 30 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | Toyota | 178.543 | 50.408 |
| 31 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | 178.508 | 50.418 |
| 32 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | 178.486 | 50.424 |
| 33 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 178.419 | 50.443 |
| 34 | 195 | Scott Speed | Ford | 177.855 | 50.603 |
| 35 | 26 | Josh Wise* | Chevrolet | 177.743 | 50.635 |
| 36 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | 177.63 | 50.667 |
| 37 | 33 | Stephen Leicht* | Chevrolet | 177.347 | 50.748 |
| 38 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | 177.34 | 50.75 |
| 39 | 179 | Mike Skinner | Ford | 176.894 | 50.878 |
| 40 | 23 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | 176.859 | 50.888 |
| 41 | 10 | J.J. Yeley | Chevrolet | 176.523 | 50.985 |
| 42 | 32 | Ken Schrader+ | Ford | 174.768 | 51.497 |
| 43 | 119 | Mike Bliss | Toyota | 176.18 | 51.084 |
