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[/media-credit]Dale Earnhardt Jr. captured the pole for Saturday nights NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway with a lap of 127.023 MPH (21.260 secs).
“It feels good. I’ve not really been the best of qualifiers the last couple of years. We have a lot of improvements we’ve made this year. It feels good to get a pole.” Earnhardt Jr. said.
This was Earnhardt’s first pole of the season, the first pole at Richmond and the 11th of his career.
Jeff Gordon qualified second, Regan Smith, Clint Bowyer fourth, Jimmie Johnson qualified fifth.
“I did in (turns) three and four. I got (turns) three and four great coming to the green (flag) and coming back to the white (flag). I just didn’t quite get through (turns) one and two the way I would have liked to. I actually got down to the yellow line a little bit earlier than I wanted to. I could have carried a little bit more speed in there.” Gordon said of his qualifying run.
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| Starting Lineup | |||||
| Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond Int’l Raceway | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Cup/qual.php?race=26 | |||||
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| Pos. | No. | Driver | Make | Speed | Time |
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| 1 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | 127.023 | 21.256 |
| 2 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 126.981 | 21.263 |
| 3 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | 126.91 | 21.275 |
| 4 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 126.808 | 21.292 |
| 5 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 126.79 | 21.295 |
| 6 | 55 | Mark Martin | Toyota | 126.784 | 21.296 |
| 7 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 126.671 | 21.315 |
| 8 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 126.6 | 21.327 |
| 9 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 126.553 | 21.335 |
| 10 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 126.547 | 21.336 |
| 11 | 22 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | 126.41 | 21.359 |
| 12 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | 126.139 | 21.405 |
| 13 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 126.08 | 21.415 |
| 14 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 126.074 | 21.416 |
| 15 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 126.033 | 21.423 |
| 16 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 126.033 | 21.423 |
| 17 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 125.974 | 21.433 |
| 18 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 125.939 | 21.439 |
| 19 | 20 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | 125.88 | 21.449 |
| 20 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | 125.845 | 21.455 |
| 21 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | 125.722 | 21.476 |
| 22 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 125.692 | 21.481 |
| 23 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 125.599 | 21.497 |
| 24 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | 125.546 | 21.506 |
| 25 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 125.511 | 21.512 |
| 26 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 125.389 | 21.533 |
| 27 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | 125.389 | 21.533 |
| 28 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 125.371 | 21.536 |
| 29 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 125.342 | 21.541 |
| 30 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 125.226 | 21.561 |
| 31 | 30 | David Stremme | Toyota | 125.052 | 21.591 |
| 32 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | Toyota | 124.988 | 21.602 |
| 33 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | 124.89 | 21.619 |
| 34 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 124.879 | 21.621 |
| 35 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | 124.746 | 21.644 |
| 36 | 33 | Stephen Leicht* | Chevrolet | 124.723 | 21.648 |
| 37 | 10 | David Reutimann | Chevrolet | 124.706 | 21.651 |
| 38 | 23 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | 124.539 | 21.68 |
| 39 | 32 | Ken Schrader | Ford | 124.407 | 21.703 |
| 40 | 119 | Mike Bliss | Toyota | 124.315 | 21.719 |
| 41 | 26 | Josh Wise* | Ford | 124.161 | 21.746 |
| 42 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | 124.087 | 21.759 |
| 43 | 191 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | 123.779 | 21.813 |
