NASCAR » Cup: Kentucky - Qualifying times

30 June 2012
Jimmie Johnson will start from pole position for Saturday night's Quaker State 400 Cup race, with Kyle Busch alongside him and Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick on row two.
Jimmie Johnson took pole position for the Quaker State 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway. His qualifying lap of 29.700s (181.818mph) late on Friday afternoon came after a brief stoppage for high winds sweeping the facility, and was just 0.065s faster than Kyle Busch. Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick will form the second row of the grid.

It's Johnson's 26th pole in 380 series starts, and his first in 2012 although he will have started in the top ten for 11 of the 17 races so far this season. Josh Wise was the fastest qualifying rookie in 30th, and JJ Yeley and Mike Skinner were the two cars that failed to qualify for the race on speed.

Busch had previously topped Practice 1 with a time of 30.371s (177.801 mph) ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr., while Jeff Gordon topped Practice 2 with a lap of 30.840s (175.097 mph) ahead of Brad Keselowski.

Qualifying times

1. #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 29.700s (Leader) 181.818mph
2. #18 Kyle Busch Toyota 29.765s (-0.065) 181.421mph
3. #11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 29.810s (-0.110) 181.147mph
4. #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 29.939s (-0.239) 180.367mph
5. #39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 29.944s (-0.244) 180.337mph
6. #15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 29.962s (-0.262) 180.228mph
7. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 29.963s (-0.263) 180.222mph
8. #2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 29.966s (-0.266) 180.204mph
9. #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 29.994s (-0.294) 180.036mph
10. #56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 30.006s (-0.306) 179.964mph
11. #16 Greg Biffle Ford 30.041s (-0.341) 179.754mph
12. #9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 30.082s (-0.382) 179.509mph
13. #43 Aric Almirola Ford 30.111s (-0.411) 179.337mph
14. #51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 30.133s (-0.433) 179.206mph
15. #27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 30.155s (-0.455) 179.075mph
16. #22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 30.160s (-0.460) 179.045mph
17. #1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 30.169s (-0.469) 178.992mph
18. #20 Joey Logano Toyota 30.190s (-0.490) 178.867mph
19. #5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 30.212s (-0.512) 178.737mph
20. #17 Matt Kenseth Ford 30.298s (-0.598) 178.230mph
21. #13 Casey Mears Ford 30.367s (-0.667) 177.825mph
22. #14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 30.371s (-0.671) 177.801mph
23. #83 Landon Cassill Toyota 30.505s (-0.805) 177.020mph
24. #195 Scott Speed Ford 30.594s (-0.894) 176.505mph
25. #99 Carl Edwards Ford 30.644s (-0.944) 176.217mph
26. #78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 30.687s (-0.987) 175.970mph
27. #87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 30.729s (-1.029) 175.730mph
28. #47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 30.749s (-1.049) 175.615mph
29. #31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 30.820s (-1.120) 175.211mph
30. #26 Josh Wise* Ford 30.843s (-1.143) 175.080mph
31. #42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 30.846s (-1.146) 175.063mph
32. #30 David Stremme Toyota 30.900s (-1.200) 174.757mph
33. #34 David Ragan Ford 30.911s (-1.211) 174.695mph
34. #93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 30.963s (-1.263) 174.402mph
35. #98 Michael McDowell Ford 30.963s (-1.263) 174.402mph
36. #23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 30.973s (-1.273) 174.345mph
37. #119 Mike Bliss Toyota 30.986s (-1.286) 174.272mph
38. #10 David Reutimann Chevrolet 31.122s (-1.422) 173.511mph
39. #55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 31.359s (-1.659) 172.199mph
40. #38 David Gilliland+ Ford
41. #32 Ken Schrader+ Ford
42. #36 Dave Blaney+ Chevrolet
43. #33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet 31.190s (-1.490) 173.132mph

Did Not Qualify

44. #249 JJ Yeley Toyota
45. #52 Mike Skinner Toyota

Practice 2

1. #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 30.840s (Leader) 175.097 mph
2. #2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 30.922s (-0.082) 174.633 mph
3. #16 Greg Biffle Ford 31.042s (-0.202) 173.958 mph
4. #22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 31.111s (-0.271) 173.572 mph
5. #99 Carl Edwards Ford 31.125s (-0.285) 173.494 mph
6. #13 Casey Mears Ford 31.158s (-0.318) 173.310 mph
7. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 31.188s (-0.348) 173.143 mph
8. #11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 31.232s (-0.392) 172.900 mph
9. #18 Kyle Busch Toyota 31.264s (-0.424) 172.723 mph
10. #30 David Stremme Toyota 31.287s (-0.447) 172.596 mph
11. #98 Michael McDowell Ford 31.302s (-0.462) 172.513 mph
12. #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 31.308s (-0.468) 172.480 mph
13. #119 Mike Bliss Toyota 31.319s (-0.479) 172.419 mph
14. #87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 31.321s (-0.481) 172.408 mph
15. #195 Scott Speed Ford 31.340s (-0.500) 172.304 mph
16. #23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 31.372s (-0.532) 172.128 mph
17. #34 David Ragan Ford 31.376s (-0.536) 172.106 mph
18. #51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 31.378s (-0.538) 172.095 mph
19. #5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 31.382s (-0.542) 172.073 mph
20. #39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 31.408s (-0.568) 171.931 mph
21. #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 31.409s (-0.569) 171.925 mph
22. #26 Josh Wise* Ford 31.421s (-0.581) 171.860 mph
23. #10 David Reutimann Chevrolet 31.436s (-0.596) 171.778 mph
24. #47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 31.438s (-0.598) 171.767 mph
25. #20 Joey Logano Toyota 31.452s (-0.612) 171.690 mph
26. #56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 31.453s (-0.613) 171.685 mph
27. #15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 31.457s (-0.617) 171.663 mph
28. #27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 31.459s (-0.619) 171.652 mph
29. #9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 31.470s (-0.630) 171.592 mph
30. #36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 31.494s (-0.654) 171.461 mph
31. #14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 31.520s (-0.680) 171.320 mph
32. #33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet 31.578s (-0.738) 171.005 mph
33. #78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 31.581s (-0.741) 170.989 mph
34. #1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 31.586s (-0.746) 170.962 mph
35. #17 Matt Kenseth Ford 31.622s (-0.782) 170.767 mph
36. #43 Aric Almirola Ford 31.662s (-0.822) 170.551 mph
37. #249 JJ Yeley Toyota 31.707s (-0.867) 170.309 mph
38. #31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 31.728s (-0.888) 170.197 mph
39. #83 Landon Cassill Toyota 31.759s (-0.919) 170.031 mph
40. #38 David Gilliland Ford 31.772s (-0.932) 169.961 mph
41. #55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 31.774s (-0.934) 169.950 mph
42. #93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 31.835s (-0.995) 169.625 mph
43. #42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 31.887s (-1.047) 169.348 mph
44. #52 Mike Skinner Toyota 32.008s (-1.168) 168.708 mph
45. #32 Ken Schrader Ford 32.034s (-1.194) 168.571 mph

Practice 1

1. #18 Kyle Busch Toyota 30.371s (Leader) 177.801 mph
2. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 30.540s (-0.169) 176.817 mph
3. #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 30.588s (-0.217) 176.540 mph
4. #15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 30.597s (-0.226) 176.488 mph
5. #56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 30.625s (-0.254) 176.327 mph
6. #43 Aric Almirola Ford 30.693s (-0.322) 175.936 mph
7. #11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 30.696s (-0.325) 175.919 mph
8. #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 30.700s (-0.329) 175.896 mph
9. #1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 30.701s (-0.330) 175.890 mph
10. #9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 30.707s (-0.336) 175.856 mph
11. #22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 30.727s (-0.356) 175.741 mph
12. #2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 30.750s (-0.379) 175.610 mph
13. #27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 30.765s (-0.394) 175.524 mph
14. #39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 30.777s (-0.406) 175.456 mph
15. #51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 30.791s (-0.420) 175.376 mph
16. #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 30.805s (-0.434) 175.296 mph
17. #20 Joey Logano Toyota 30.822s (-0.451) 175.199 mph
18. #78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 30.830s (-0.459) 175.154 mph
19. #17 Matt Kenseth Ford 30.852s (-0.481) 175.029 mph
20. #16 Greg Biffle Ford 30.907s (-0.536) 174.718 mph
21. #13 Casey Mears Ford 30.920s (-0.549) 174.644 mph
22. #83 Landon Cassill Toyota 30.970s (-0.599) 174.362 mph
23. #5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 30.989s (-0.618) 174.255 mph
24. #14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 31.084s (-0.713) 173.723 mph
25. #99 Carl Edwards Ford 31.090s (-0.719) 173.689 mph
26. #26 Josh Wise* Ford 31.106s (-0.735) 173.600 mph
27. #55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 31.138s (-0.767) 173.421 mph
28. #195 Scott Speed Ford 31.141s (-0.770) 173.405 mph
29. #23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 31.142s (-0.771) 173.399 mph
30. #42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 31.173s (-0.802) 173.227 mph
31. #87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 31.201s (-0.830) 173.071 mph
32. #31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 31.204s (-0.833) 173.055 mph
33. #93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 31.331s (-0.960) 172.353 mph
34. #119 Mike Bliss Toyota 31.342s (-0.971) 172.293 mph
35. #249 JJ Yeley Toyota 31.460s (-1.089) 171.646 mph
36. #10 David Reutimann Chevrolet 31.475s (-1.104) 171.565 mph
37. #47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 31.477s (-1.106) 171.554 mph
38. #30 David Stremme Toyota 31.511s (-1.140) 171.369 mph
39. #33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet 31.542s (-1.171) 171.200 mph
40. #52 Mike Skinner Toyota 31.651s (-1.280) 170.611 mph
41. #34 David Ragan Ford 31.668s (-1.297) 170.519 mph
42. #36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 31.673s (-1.302) 170.492 mph
43. #38 David Gilliland Ford 31.745s (-1.374) 170.105 mph
44. #98 Michael McDowell Ford 31.756s (-1.385) 170.047 mph
45. #32 Ken Schrader Ford 31.873s (-1.502) 169.422 mph

* Denotes Rookie

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