NASCAR » Cup: Richmond - Qualifying times

08 September 2012
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start Saturday night's Federated Auto Parts 400 Sprint Cup race from the front, after winning his first pole position since the 2011 Daytona 500.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. claimed pole position for Saturday evening's Federated Auto Parts 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway. It's Earnhardt's 11th pole in 461 Cup starts but his first since the 2011 Daytona 500 60 races previously, and his first at Richmond.

His lap of 21.256s (127.023mph) deposed his Hendrick Motorsports team mate Jeff Gordon off provisional pole by just seven thousandths of a second. But a front row start for Gordon is stilla major boost in the four-time champion's bid to make the Chase in tomorrow's night race, the final event before the cut-off for the post-regular season championship battle.

Jeff Burton had topped the first practice session on Friday (21.529s, 125.412 mph) and Carl Edwards topped the happy hour with a lap of 22.073s (122.321 mph) on the three-quarter mile D-shaped oval, but qualifying proved a struggled for all powered cars; Ford was the highest representative and will start from 16th, while Burton will get underway from 20th.

Qualifying times

1. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 21.256s (Leader) 127.023mph
2. #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 21.263s (-0.007) 126.981mph
3. #78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 21.275s (-0.019) 126.910mph
4. #15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 21.292s (-0.036) 126.808mph
5. #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 21.295s (-0.039) 126.790mph
6. #55 Mark Martin Toyota 21.296s (-0.040) 126.784mph
7. #11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 21.315s (-0.059) 126.671mph
8. #20 Joey Logano Toyota 21.327s (-0.071) 126.600mph
9. #56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 21.335s (-0.079) 126.553mph
10. #2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 21.336s (-0.080) 126.547mph
11. #22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 21.359s (-0.103) 126.410mph
12. #83 Landon Cassill Toyota 21.405s (-0.149) 126.139mph
13. #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 21.415s (-0.159) 126.080mph
14. #39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 21.416s (-0.160) 126.074mph
15. #18 Kyle Busch Toyota 21.423s (-0.167) 126.033mph
16. #99 Carl Edwards Ford 21.423s (-0.167) 126.033mph
17. #17 Matt Kenseth Ford 21.433s (-0.177) 125.974mph
18. #43 Aric Almirola Ford 21.439s (-0.183) 125.939mph
19. #20 Michael McDowell Toyota 21.449s (-0.193) 125.880mph
20. #31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 21.455s (-0.199) 125.845mph
21. #5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 21.476s (-0.220) 125.722mph
22. #9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 21.481s (-0.225) 125.692mph
23. #16 Greg Biffle Ford 21.497s (-0.241) 125.599mph
24. #42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 21.506s (-0.250) 125.546mph
25. #27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 21.512s (-0.256) 125.511mph
26. #1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 21.533s (-0.277) 125.389mph
27. #34 David Ragan Ford 21.533s (-0.277) 125.389mph
28. #14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 21.536s (-0.280) 125.371mph
29. #47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 21.541s (-0.285) 125.342mph
30. #51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 21.561s (-0.305) 125.226mph
31. #30 David Stremme Toyota 21.591s (-0.335) 125.052mph
32. #93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 21.602s (-0.346) 124.988mph
33. #36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 21.619s (-0.363) 124.890mph
34. #87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 21.621s (-0.365) 124.879mph
35. #38 David Gilliland Ford 21.644s (-0.388) 124.746mph
36. #33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet 21.648s (-0.392) 124.723mph
37. #10 David Reutimann Chevrolet 21.651s (-0.395) 124.706mph
38. #23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 21.680s (-0.424) 124.539mph
39. #32 Ken Schrader Ford 21.703s (-0.447) 124.407mph
40. #119 Mike Bliss Toyota 21.719s (-0.463) 124.315mph
41. #26 Josh Wise* Ford 21.746s (-0.490) 124.161mph
42. #13 Casey Mears Ford 21.759s (-0.503) 124.087mph
43. #191 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 21.813s (-0.557) 123.779mph

Did Not Qualify

44. #37 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 21.868s (-0.612) 123.468mph
45. #0 Mark Green Toyota 22.321s (-1.065) 120.962mph

Practice 2 times

1. #99 Carl Edwards Ford 22.073s (Leader) 122.321 mph
2. #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 22.084s (-0.011) 122.260 mph
3. #31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 22.155s (-0.082) 121.869 mph
4. #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 22.168s (-0.095) 121.797 mph
5. #56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 22.207s (-0.134) 121.583 mph
6. #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 22.223s (-0.150) 121.496 mph
7. #33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet 22.223s (-0.150) 121.496 mph
8. #18 Kyle Busch Toyota 22.229s (-0.156) 121.463 mph
9. #27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 22.251s (-0.178) 121.343 mph
10. #22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 22.259s (-0.186) 121.299 mph
11. #16 Greg Biffle Ford 22.270s (-0.197) 121.239 mph
12. #47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 22.295s (-0.222) 121.103 mph
13. #9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 22.299s (-0.226) 121.082 mph
14. #17 Matt Kenseth Ford 22.312s (-0.239) 121.011 mph
15. #20 Michael McDowell Toyota 22.312s (-0.239) 121.011 mph
16. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 22.327s (-0.254) 120.930 mph
17. #42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 22.330s (-0.257) 120.914 mph
18. #30 David Stremme Toyota 22.386s (-0.313) 120.611 mph
19. #20 Joey Logano Toyota 22.406s (-0.333) 120.503 mph
20. #26 Josh Wise* Ford 22.407s (-0.334) 120.498 mph
21. #15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 22.417s (-0.344) 120.444 mph
22. #5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 22.420s (-0.347) 120.428 mph
23. #87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 22.432s (-0.359) 120.364 mph
24. #34 David Ragan Ford 22.441s (-0.368) 120.315 mph
25. #11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 22.442s (-0.369) 120.310 mph
26. #43 Aric Almirola Ford 22.467s (-0.394) 120.176 mph
26. #119 Mike Bliss Toyota 22.582s (-0.509) 119.564 mph
27. #191 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 22.495s (-0.422) 120.027 mph
28. #2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 22.497s (-0.424) 120.016 mph
29. #37 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 22.507s (-0.434) 119.963 mph
30. #55 Mark Martin Toyota 22.510s (-0.437) 119.947 mph
31. #78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 22.512s (-0.439) 119.936 mph
32. #51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 22.513s (-0.440) 119.931 mph
33. #32 Ken Schrader Ford 22.560s (-0.487) 119.681 mph
34. #1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 22.576s (-0.503) 119.596 mph
35. #23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 22.582s (-0.509) 119.564 mph
37. #83 Landon Cassill Toyota 22.597s (-0.524) 119.485 mph
38. #39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 22.612s (-0.539) 119.406 mph
39. #10 David Reutimann Chevrolet 22.639s (-0.566) 119.263 mph
40. #93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 22.680s (-0.607) 119.048 mph
41. #14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 22.697s (-0.624) 118.959 mph
42. #36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 22.721s (-0.648) 118.833 mph
43. #13 Casey Mears Ford 22.723s (-0.650) 118.822 mph
44. #38 David Gilliland Ford 22.754s (-0.681) 118.660 mph
45. #0 Mark Green Toyota 23.474s (-1.401) 115.021 mph

Practice 1 times

1. #31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 21.529s (Leader) 125.412 mph
2. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 21.546s (-0.017) 125.313 mph
3. #15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 21.560s (-0.031) 125.232 mph
4. #22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 21.581s (-0.052) 125.110 mph
5. #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 21.593s (-0.064) 125.040 mph
6. #11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 21.609s (-0.080) 124.948 mph
7. #56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 21.631s (-0.102) 124.821 mph
8. #16 Greg Biffle Ford 21.642s (-0.113) 124.757 mph
9. #9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 21.642s (-0.113) 124.757 mph
10. #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 21.645s (-0.116) 124.740 mph
11. #55 Mark Martin Toyota 21.654s (-0.125) 124.688 mph
12. #2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 21.661s (-0.132) 124.648 mph
13. #20 Joey Logano Toyota 21.682s (-0.153) 124.527 mph
14. #39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 21.708s (-0.179) 124.378 mph
15. #5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 21.726s (-0.197) 124.275 mph
16. #17 Matt Kenseth Ford 21.730s (-0.201) 124.252 mph
17. #99 Carl Edwards Ford 21.731s (-0.202) 124.246 mph
18. #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 21.747s (-0.218) 124.155 mph
19. #83 Landon Cassill Toyota 21.750s (-0.221) 124.138 mph
20. #27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 21.754s (-0.225) 124.115 mph
21. #18 Kyle Busch Toyota 21.757s (-0.228) 124.098 mph
22. #13 Casey Mears Ford 21.767s (-0.238) 124.041 mph
23. #78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 21.777s (-0.248) 123.984 mph
24. #119 Mike Bliss Toyota 21.824s (-0.295) 123.717 mph
25. #1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 21.864s (-0.335) 123.491 mph
26. #51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 21.890s (-0.361) 123.344 mph
27. #32 Ken Schrader Ford 21.898s (-0.369) 123.299 mph
28. #87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 21.901s (-0.372) 123.282 mph
29. #20 Michael McDowell Toyota 21.924s (-0.395) 123.153 mph
30. #26 Josh Wise* Ford 21.938s (-0.409) 123.074 mph
31. #23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 21.945s (-0.416) 123.035 mph
32. #30 David Stremme Toyota 21.957s (-0.428) 122.968 mph
33. #93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 22.035s (-0.506) 122.532 mph
34. #38 David Gilliland Ford 22.039s (-0.510) 122.510 mph
35. #47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 22.074s (-0.545) 122.316 mph
36. #42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 22.147s (-0.618) 121.913 mph
37. #43 Aric Almirola Ford 22.181s (-0.652) 121.726 mph
38. #10 David Reutimann Chevrolet 22.187s (-0.658) 121.693 mph
39. #34 David Ragan Ford 22.188s (-0.659) 121.687 mph
40. #33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet 22.203s (-0.674) 121.605 mph
41. #36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 22.237s (-0.708) 121.419 mph
42. #14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 22.248s (-0.719) 121.359 mph
43. #37 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 22.358s (-0.829) 120.762 mph
44. #191 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 22.380s (-0.851) 120.643 mph
45. #0 Mark Green Toyota 23.531s (-2.002) 114.742 mph

* Denotes Rookie
+ denotes set by car owner points

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