Jimmie Johnson earned the pole for the GoBowling.com 400 at Pocono Speedway, setting a track record with a 180.654 mph lap. This is the 11th qualifying record that has been broken this season by the Gen-6 race car, and the second by Johnson.
NASCAR at Pocono Raceway 2013: Lineup, starting grid for GoBowling.com 400
Jimmie Johnson set a track qualifying record to earn his second pole of the year.
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Johnson nearly failed the pre-race inspection; he ended up going 29th instead of his scheduled 24th. The delay irked Kyle Busch, who ended up qualifying second. Busch talked with reporters after the qualifying round, telling The Associated Press:
“A lot of these other teams figure out how to play by the rules. It seems like there’s one that’s sometimes late. Quite often, more than the rest.”
The full starting grid and qualifying results are listed below:
| Row | Position | Driver | Position | Driver |
| 1 | 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 2 | Kyle Busch |
| 2 | 3 | Carl Edwards | 4 | Ryan Newman |
| 3 | 5 | Kurt Busch | 6 | Joey Logano |
| 4 | 7 | Greg Biffle | 8 | Marcos Ambrose |
| 5 | 9 | Denny Hamlin | 10 | Aric Almirola |
| 6 | 11 | Brad Keselowski | 12 | Jamie McMurray |
| 7 | 13 | Jeff Burton | 14 | Kevin Harvick |
| 8 | 15 | A.J. Allmendinger | 16 | Clint Bowyer |
| 9 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 18 | Kasey Kahne |
| 10 | 19 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 20 | Tony Stewart |
| 11 | 21 | Paul Menard | 22 | Jeff Gordon |
| 12 | 23 | Travis Kvapil | 24 | Matt Kenseth |
| 13 | 25 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 26 | Martin Truex Jr. |
| 14 | 27 | Michael McDowell | 28 | Mark Martin |
| 15 | 29 | Casey Mears | 30 | David Ragan |
| 16 | 31 | David Stremme | 32 | Dave Blaney |
| 17 | 33 | Bobby Labonte | 34 | Danica Patrick |
| 18 | 35 | David Reutimann | 36 | J.J. Yeley |
| 19 | 37 | David Gilliland | 38 | Landon Cassill |
| 20 | 39 | Joe Nemechek | 40 | Josh Wis |
| 21 | 41 | Timmy Hill | 42 | Alex Kennedy |
| 22 | 43 | Tony Raines |
The green flag is scheduled for 1:19 p.m. ET, with ESPN televising the race.
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