Kurt Busch won his sixth pole
of the 2006 season Friday afternoon for Sunday’s Subway 500 at the Martinsville Speedway. Busch turned a speed of 97.568 mph
to edge out Chase driver Jeff Gordon (97.377 mph). Starting third is rookie Denny Hamlin followed by Ryan Newman and Tony
Stewart.
Kasey Kahne was the lowest
qualifying Chase Driver; he will roll off Sunday from the 32nd position. Points leader Jeff Burton qualified 28th. SCR
Matthew Blaylock
Subway
500 Qualifying Results
|
Pos |
No |
Driver |
|
Make |
Speed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
Kurt Busch |
|
Dodge |
97.568 |
|
2 |
24 |
Jeff Gordon |
|
Chevrolet |
97.377 |
|
3 |
11 |
Denny Hamlin |
R |
Chevrolet |
97.187 |
|
4 |
12 |
Ryan Newman |
|
Dodge |
97.162 |
|
5 |
20 |
Tony Stewart |
|
Chevrolet |
97.038 |
|
6 |
22 |
Dave Blaney |
|
Dodge |
96.825 |
|
7 |
8 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
|
Chevrolet |
96.775 |
|
8 |
66 |
Jeff Green |
|
Chevrolet |
96.627 |
|
9 |
48 |
Jimmie Johnson |
|
Chevrolet |
96.460 |
|
10 |
21 |
Ken Schrader |
|
Ford |
96.440 |
|
11 |
96 |
Tony Raines |
|
Chevrolet |
96.386 |
|
12 |
29 |
Kevin Harvick |
|
Chevrolet |
96.317 |
|
13 |
40 |
David Stremme |
R |
Dodge |
96.239 |
|
14 |
45 |
Kyle Petty |
|
Dodge |
96.205 |
|
15 |
5 |
Kyle Busch |
|
Chevrolet |
96.171 |
|
16 |
41 |
Reed Sorenson |
R |
Dodge |
96.127 |
|
17 |
10 |
Scott Riggs |
|
Dodge |
96.078 |
|
18 |
1 |
Martin Truex Jr. |
R |
Chevrolet |
96.005 |
|
19 |
42 |
Casey Mears |
|
Dodge |
95.995 |
|
20 |
17 |
Matt Kenseth |
|
Ford |
95.942 |
|
21 |
25 |
Brian Vickers |
|
Chevrolet |
95.927 |
|
22 |
14 |
Sterling Marlin |
|
Chevrolet |
95.879 |
|
23 |
01 |
Joe Nemechek |
|
Chevrolet |
95.869 |
|
24 |
26 |
Jamie McMurray |
|
Ford |
95.854 |
|
25 |
6 |
Mark Martin |
|
Ford |
95.752 |
|
26 |
7 |
Robby Gordon |
|
Chevrolet |
95.733 |
|
27 |
99 |
Carl Edwards |
|
Ford |
95.680 |
|
28 |
31 |
Jeff Burton |
|
Chevrolet |
95.651 |
|
29 |
38 |
David Gilliland |
R |
Ford |
95.583 |
|
30 |
43 |
Bobby Labonte |
|
Dodge |
95.549 |
|
31 |
32 |
Travis Kvapil |
|
Chevrolet |
95.420 |
