Jamie McMurray grabs pole at Martinsville
Jamie McMurray has taken pole at Martinsville
Jamie McMurray has won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 62nd annual Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville.
McMurray set a lap of 19.621s to take his eighth pole in his 300th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start. It is the second pole in-a-row for the Earnhadt Ganassi team after team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya took pole in the last event for Fontana.
This is McMurray’s first pole of 2011 and his very first short track pole position.
Ryan Newman qualified second, ahead of Kasey Kahne, who posted his third top 10 qualiying effort in six races this season.
Job Gibbs Racing drivers Joey Lagano and Denny Hamlin are fourth and fifth, while the third Gibbs car of Kyle Bush will start 11th.
Australian Marcos Ambrose qualified in 19th place, just over 0.2s off pole position.
| Pos | Driver | Team/Car | Time | Gap |
| 1. | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet | 19.621s | |
| 2. | Ryan Newman | Stewart Haas Chevrolet | 19.655s | + 0.034s |
| 3. | Kasey Kahne | Red Bull Toyota | 19.665s | + 0.044s |
| 4. | Joey Logano | Gibbs Toyota | 19.680s | + 0.059s |
| 5. | Denny Hamlin | Gibbs Toyota | 19.726s | + 0.105s |
| 6. | AJ Allmendinger | Petty Ford | 19.735s | + 0.114s |
| 7. | Bobby Labonte | JTG Daugherty Toyota | 19.745s | + 0.124s |
| 8. | David Reutimann | Waltrip Toyota | 19.755s | + 0.134s |
| 9. | Kevin Harvick | Childress Chevrolet | 19.761s | + 0.140s |
| 10. | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Chevrolet | 19.768s | + 0.147s |
| 11. | Kyle Busch | Gibbs Toyota | 19.769s | + 0.148s |
| 12. | Mark Martin | Hendrick Chevrolet | 19.784s | + 0.163s |
| 13. | Brian Vickers | Red Bull Toyota | 19.788s | + 0.167s |
| 14. | David Ragan | Roush Fenway Ford | 19.792s | + 0.171s |
| 15. | Clint Bowyer | Childress Chevrolet | 19.797s | + 0.176s |
| 16. | Paul Menard | Childress Chevrolet | 19.817s | + 0.196s |
| 17. | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Chevrolet | 19.820s | + 0.199s |
| 18. | Martin Truex Jr | Waltrip Toyota | 19.833s | + 0.212s |
| 19. | Marcos Ambrose | Petty Ford | 19.835s | + 0.214s |
| 20. | Kurt Busch | Penske Dodge | 19.836s | + 0.215s |
| 21. | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Chevrolet | 19.843s | + 0.222s |
| 22. | Brad Keselowski | Penske Dodge | 19.852s | + 0.231s |
| 23. | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Ford | 19.875s | + 0.254s |
| 24. | Trevor Bayne | Wood Brothers Ford | 19.879s | + 0.258s |
| 25. | Matt Kenseth | Roush Fenway Ford | 19.879s | + 0.258s |
| 26. | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Hendrick Chevrolet | 19.894s | + 0.273s |
| 27. | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet | 19.908s | + 0.287s |
| 28. | Tony Stewart | Stewart Haas Chevrolet | 19.914s | + 0.293s |
| 29. | Dave Blaney | Baldwin Chevrolet | 19.916s | + 0.295s |
| 30. | Casey Mears | Germain Toyota | 19.932s | + 0.311s |
| 31. | Travis Kvapil | Front Row Ford | 19.942s | + 0.321s |
| 32. | Jeff Burton | Childress Chevrolet | 20.002s | + 0.381s |
| 33. | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Ford | 20.004s | + 0.383s |
| 34. | Robby Gordon | Gordon Dodge | 20.028s | + 0.407s |
| 35. | Michael McDowell | HP Toyota | 20.044s | + 0.423s |
| 36. | David Gilliland | Front Row Ford | 20.066s | + 0.445s |
| 37. | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Toyota | 20.100s | + 0.479s |
| 38. | Landon Cassill | Phoenix Chevrolet | 20.135s | + 0.514s |
| 39. | Mike Skinner | Germain Toyota | 20.171s | + 0.550s |
| 40. | Ken Schrader | FAS Lane Ford | 20.228s | + 0.607s |
| 41. | JJ Yeley | Whitney Chevrolet | 20.306s | + 0.685s |
| 42. | Tony Raines | Front Row Ford | 20.306s | + 0.685s |
| 43. | Hermie Sadler | TRG Chevrolet | 20.640s | + 1.019s |