Jeff Gordon wins pole at Dover
Jeff Gordon |
Jeff Gordon backed up his fast practice lap on Friday at Dover International Speedway by taking the pole for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Camping World RV 400 after recording a lap of 157.061 mph in qualifying.
Gordon, who claimed his fourth pole at the high-banked concrete track, edged Dale Earnhardt Inc. driver Mark Martin (157.054 mph) by a thousandth of a second for the top spot. Denny Hamlin (156.515 mph) qualified third, followed by Kurt Busch (156.379 mph) and Greg Biffle (156.284 mph), who won the first Chase race last Sunday at New Hampshire.
Clint Bowyer, David Gilliland, Matt Kenseth, Jamie McMurray and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start from positions 6-10. Cup points leaders Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards earned the 20th and 22nd positions on the grid, respectively.
“This is great to come here and win the pole in the second race in the Chase," Gordon said.
For Mark Martin who qualified second, it was his best start of 2008.
"I have had so much fun driving Tony Gibson's car this year," Martin said. "Certainly a great day today. We are on a mission to get a win with the 8 car."
"Sixth-place in the Chase points Denny Hamlin will start third.
“This is the first race we actually did nothing but qualifying trim" Hamlin said.
“We spent a lot of effort in it and it paid off. That’s good for us."
Results
POS |
CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
1 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 157.061 | 22.921 | Leader |
2 | 8 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | 157.054 | 22.922 | -0.001 |
3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Ground | 156.515 | 23.001 | -0.080 |
4 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Miller Lite | 156.379 | 23.021 | -0.100 |
5 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | 156.284 | 23.035 | -0.114 |
6 | 07 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | Jack Daniel's | 155.676 | 23.125 | -0.204 |
7 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | Ford. Drive one. | 155.615 | 23.134 | -0.213 |
8 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | DEWALT | 155.541 | 23.145 | -0.224 |
9 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | IRWIN Industrial Tools | 155.514 | 23.149 | -0.228 |
10 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | National Guard / AMP Energy | 155.501 | 23.151 | -0.230 |
11 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Interstate Batteries | 155.501 | 23.151 | -0.230 |
12 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Dodge | McDonald's | 155.434 | 23.161 | -0.240 |
13 | 70 | Tony Raines | Chevrolet | Haas Automation | 155.226 | 23.192 | -0.271 |
14 | 44 | David Reutimann | Toyota | UPS | 155.179 | 23.199 | -0.278 |
15 | 28 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Hitachi Power Tools | 155.166 | 23.201 | -0.280 |
16 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker | 155.132 | 23.206 | -0.285 |
17 | 10 | Patrick Carpentier* | Dodge | Charter Comm. | 155.099 | 23.211 | -0.290 |
18 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 155.092 | 23.212 | -0.291 |
19 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | Alltel | 155.045 | 23.219 | -0.298 |
20 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | 154.992 | 23.227 | -0.306 |
21 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | AT&T Mobility | 154.959 | 23.232 | -0.311 |
22 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Office Depot | 154.912 | 23.239 | -0.318 |
23 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | AAA Insurance | 154.899 | 23.241 | -0.320 |
24 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Shell / Pennzoil | 154.892 | 23.242 | -0.321 |
25 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr.* | Dodge | Mobil 1 | 154.766 | 23.261 | -0.340 |
26 | 01 | Regan Smith* | Chevrolet | DEI / Principal Financial Group | 154.739 | 23.265 | -0.344 |
27 | 78 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | Furniture Row/ DenverMattress.com | 154.646 | 23.279 | -0.358 |
28 | 00 | Michael McDowell* | Toyota | Champion Mortgage | 154.427 | 23.312 | -0.391 |
29 | 21 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Little Debbie | 154.414 | 23.314 | -0.393 |
30 | 84 | A.J. Allmendinger | Toyota | Red Bull | 154.407 | 23.315 | -0.394 |
31 | 5 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | Kellogg's / CARQUEST | 154.334 | 23.326 | -0.405 |
32 | 66 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | State Water Heaters | 153.826 | 23.403 | -0.482 |
33 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Toyota | The Home Depot | 153.780 | 23.410 | -0.489 |
34 | 15 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Pittsburgh Paints / Menards | 153.708 | 23.421 | -0.500 |
35 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Dodge | Big Red Slim Pack | 153.512 | 23.451 | -0.530 |
36 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | Budweiser | 153.492 | 23.454 | -0.533 |
37 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Toyota | Caterpillar | 153.289 | 23.485 | -0.564 |
38 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Dodge | Wells Fargo | 153.211 | 23.497 | -0.576 |
39 | 41 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | Target | 153.029 | 23.525 | -0.604 |
40 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Toyota | NAPA AUTO PARTS | 152.691 | 23.577 | -0.656 |
41 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | Menards | 151.860 | 23.706 | -0.785 |
42 | 43 | Bobby Labonte+ | Dodge | Cheerios / Betty Crocker | 151.045 | 23.834 | -0.913 |
43 | 96 | Ken Schrader | Toyota | DLP HDTV | 153.074 | 23.518 | -0.597 |
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
44 | 34 | Chad Chaffin | Chevrolet | Front Row Motorsports | 151.828 | 23.711 | -0.790 |
45 | 08 | Johnny Sauter | Dodge | FUBAR All Natural Drink | 145.849 | 24.683 | -1.762 |
46 | 150 | Stanton Barrett | Chevrolet | NOS Energy Drink / SKI / SBM | – | – | – |