Biffle takes rare pole in Vegas
Greg Biffle will be on pole position in Sunday's UAW-Daimler-Chrysler 400 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, beating reigning Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart in today's qualifying
Yet surprisingly enough, it is Biffle's first pole position in two years - and his second Cup career pole. "Qualifying just isn't my strong suit," he admitted.
Biffle lapped the 1.5-mile oval in 31.322 seconds at an average speed of 172.403 mph, beating Stewart by 0.061s.
Jimmie Johnson and Vegas local Kyle Busch line up on the second row of the grid, followed by Kasey Kahne and Kyle's brother Kurt Busch on the third row.
Pos Driver Make Speed Time 1. Greg Biffle Ford 172.403 31.322 2. Tony Stewart Chevrolet 172.068 31.383 + 0.061 3. Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 171.597 31.469 + 0.147 4. Kyle Busch Chevrolet 171.423 31.501 + 0.179 5. Kasey Kahne Dodge 171.054 31.569 + 0.247 6. Kurt Busch Dodge 171.027 31.574 + 0.252 7. Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 170.864 31.604 + 0.282 8. Jeff Burton Chevrolet 170.816 31.613 + 0.291 9. Matt Kenseth Ford 170.665 31.641 + 0.319 10. Brian Vickers Chevrolet 170.638 31.646 + 0.324 11. Ryan Newman Dodge 170.578 31.657 + 0.335 12. J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 170.546 31.663 + 0.341 13. Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 170.170 31.733 + 0.411 14. Jeff Green Chevrolet 170.154 31.736 + 0.414 15. Dale Jarrett Ford 170.127 31.741 + 0.419 16. Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 170.036 31.758 + 0.436 17. Bobby Labonte Dodge 170.009 31.763 + 0.441 18. Mark Martin Ford 169.966 31.771 + 0.449 19. Jamie McMurray Ford 169.763 31.809 + 0.487 20. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 169.758 31.810 + 0.488 21. Carl Edwards Ford 169.300 31.896 + 0.574 22. Scott Riggs Dodge 169.152 31.924 + 0.602 23. Ken Schrader Ford 168.988 31.955 + 0.633 24. Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 168.840 31.983 + 0.661 25. Michael Waltrip Dodge 168.829 31.985 + 0.663 26. Elliott Sadler Ford 168.782 31.994 + 0.672 27. Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 168.782 31.994 + 0.672 28. Dave Blaney Dodge 168.776 31.995 + 0.673 29. Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 168.497 32.048 + 0.726 30. Kevin Lepage Ford 168.329 32.080 + 0.758 31. Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 168.287 32.088 + 0.766 32. Robby Gordon Chevrolet 168.167 32.111 + 0.789 33. Travis Kvapil Chevrolet 167.999 32.143 + 0.821 34. Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 167.890 32.164 + 0.842 35. Terry Labonte Chevrolet 167.686 32.203 + 0.881 36. Reed Sorenson Dodge 167.624 32.215 + 0.893 37. Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 167.483 32.242 + 0.920 38. Casey Mears Dodge 167.260 32.285 + 0.963 39. Kyle Petty Dodge 167.136 32.309 + 0.987 40. David Stremme Dodge 166.672 32.399 + 1.077 41. Brent Sherman Dodge 165.487 32.631 + 1.309 42. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 163.334 33.061 + 1.739 43. Chad Chaffin Chevrolet 167.343 32.269 + 0.947
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