McMurray On Hot Streak, Grabs Auto Club 500 Pole

McMurray On Hot Streak, Grabs Auto Club 500 Pole

February 20th, 2010

Stephen Rhodes

Posted in NASCAR, Qualifying Times, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors

Jamie McMurray

The wave of success Jamie McMurray rode from coast to coast hasn’t broken as of yet.

Fresh from his dramatic victory in last Sunday’s Daytona 500, McMurray put his No. 1 Chevrolet on the pole during Friday’s qualifying session at Auto Club Speedway.

With a lap at 183.744 mph (39.185 seconds), McMurray edged Earnhardt Ganassi Racing teammate Juan Pablo Montoya (183.477 mph) for the top starting spot in Sunday’s Auto Club 500, the second points race of the Sprint Cup season.

Below is the starting grid for the 2010 Auto Club 500, scheduled to take place Sunday from Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA:

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	SPEED	TIME	BEHIND
1	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	183.744	39.185	Leader
2	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target	183.477	39.242	-0.057
3	33	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper	183.127	39.317	-0.132
4	9	Kasey Kahne	Ford	Budweiser / Team USA	182.913	39.363	-0.178
5	66	Dave Blaney	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	182.908	39.364	-0.179
6	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Shell / Pennzoil	182.899	39.366	-0.181
7	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools	182.890	39.368	-0.183
8	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	Auto Club	182.811	39.385	-0.200
9	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Interstate Batteries	182.788	39.390	-0.205
10	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	182.741	39.400	-0.215
11	00	David Reutimann	Toyota	Aaron’s Dream Machine	182.597	39.431	-0.246
12	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite	182.292	39.497	-0.312
13	82	Scott Speed	Toyota	Red Bull	182.195	39.518	-0.333
14	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	182.085	39.542	-0.357
15	6	David Ragan	Ford	UPS	181.974	39.566	-0.381
16	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Old Spice / Office Depot	181.883	39.586	-0.401
17	36	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	Wave Energy Drink	181.749	39.615	-0.430
18	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Haas Automation	181.726	39.620	-0.435
19	20	Joey Logano	Toyota	The Home Depot	181.671	39.632	-0.447
20	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Crown Royal	181.502	39.669	-0.484
21	12	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	AAA Insurance	181.333	39.706	-0.521
22	78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Companies	181.324	39.708	-0.523
23	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Red Bull	181.314	39.710	-0.525
24	09	Aric Almirola	Chevrolet	Phoenix Racing	181.314	39.710	-0.525
25	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Freight	181.301	39.713	-0.528
26	47	Marcos Ambrose	Toyota	Armor All	181.228	39.729	-0.544
27	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Amp Energy Juice / National Guard	181.109	39.755	-0.570
28	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	181.055	39.767	-0.582
29	43	A.J. Allmendinger	Ford	Best Buy	181.041	39.770	-0.585
30	55	Michael McDowell	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	180.895	39.802	-0.617
31	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Aflac “You don’t know quack”	180.768	39.830	-0.645
32	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	FrontRowJoe.com	180.755	39.833	-0.648
33	71	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	TaxSlayer.com	180.587	39.870	-0.685
34	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	180.523	39.884	-0.699
35	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	3M	180.325	39.928	-0.743
36	98	Paul Menard	Ford	Energizer / Menards	180.081	39.982	-0.797
37	19	Elliott Sadler	Ford	Stanley	179.919	40.018	-0.833
38	37	Kevin Conway*	Ford	Extenze	179.292	40.158	-0.973
39	34	Travis Kvapil	Ford	Long John Silver’s	178.975	40.229	-1.044
40	7	Robby Gordon+	Toyota	Warner Music Nashville / Whitney Duncan	176.302	40.839	-1.654
41	38	David Gilliland+	Ford	Taco Bell	176.207	40.861	-1.676
42	26	Boris Said+	Ford	Sacred Power / Southern Pride Trucking	-	-	-
43	13	Max Papis	Toyota	GEICO	180.501	39.889	-0.704

Did Not Qualify
44	190	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	Keyed-Up Motorsports	179.915	40.019	-0.834
45	135	Johnny Sauter	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	178.940	40.237	-1.052
46	46	Terry Cook*	Dodge	Whitney Motorsports	178.064	40.435	-1.250