NASCAR Darlington Raceway Starting Lineup: 2012 Southern 500 Qualifying Results

Greg Biffle once went three years without a NASCAR pole position. But since he broke the pole-less streak, he’s certainly making up for last time.

Biffle won the pole for Saturday night’s Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, and he’ll lead the starting lineup for the second time this season and the fifth time since last August.

The Roush Fenway Racing driver only has 11 poles in his career, but nearly half of them have come since the Michigan race last summer.

Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne tied for the second-fastest time, and Johnson got the No. 2 spot based on a tiebreaker.

Ryan Newman and Kyle Busch completed the top five.

Danica Patrick, making her second Sprint Cup Series start, qualified 38th. That’s worth noting, because of all the talk about what would happen if she had to qualify based on speed (she didn’t, though), her time was fast enough that she still would have made it.

Scott Riggs, Michael McDowell, Stephen Leicht and Mike Bliss failed to qualify for the race.

Here is the starting lineup for Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Southern 500 at Darlington:

DNQ: Scott Riggs, Michael McDowell, Stephen Leicht, Mike Bliss