“Rocket” Ryan Newman still has some fuel left in his qualifying tank.
Ryan Newman Wins Coke 600 Pole; Starting Lineup Here
After what he called the most courageous lap he’s ever run at Charlotte Motor Speedway – charging into the corner on the high line at around 200 mph – Newman won the 46th pole of his career, tying him for 10th on the all-time list with Hall of Famer Junior Johnson.
It was Newman’s ninth career pole at Charlotte, and his lap of 187.546 mph was only four-hundredths of a second faster than Kurt Busch’s second-place run.
Martin Truex Jr., Kasey Kahne and Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top five.
Four drivers failed to qualify for the race: Reed Sorenson, Max Papis, David Stremme and Mike Bliss.
Here’s the starting lineup for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600:
- Ryan Newman
- Kurt Busch
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Kasey Kahne
- Jimmie Johnson
- David Reutimann
- Denny Hamlin
- Joey Logano
- Kyle Busch
- Clint Bowyer
- Mark Martin
- Jeff Burton
- Casey Mears
- Sam Hornish Jr.
- Jeff Gordon
- Matt Kenseth
- Dave Blaney
- AJ Allmendinger
- Joe Nemechek
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Scott Speed
- Johnny Sauter
- Kevin Harvick
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Bill Elliott
- Tony Stewart
- Jamie McMurray
- David Gilliland
- Todd Bodine
- Michael McDowell
- Carl Edwards
- Regan Smith
- Paul Menard
- Marcos Ambrose
- David Ragan
- Robby Gordon
- J.J. Yeley
- Brad Keselowski
- Bobby Labonte
- Elliott Sadler
- Greg Biffle
- Travis Kvapil
- Kevin Conway
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