Almirola captured the Coca-Cola 600 pole

[media-credit name=”Brad Keppel” align=”alignright” width=”225″][/media-credit]Aric Almirola captured the pole for Sundays Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a lap of 192.940 MPH, 27.988 seconds, giving Richard Petty Motorsports a front-row sweep.

“It’s been a huge honor for me from day one to come to this organization, not just to drive at Richard Petty Motorsports but to drive the No. 43 car, probably the most iconic car in the history of our sport.” Almirola said.

Teammate Marcos Ambrose qualified with a lap of 191.598 MPH, 28.184 seconds.

“It’s a great night for us. We’ll take a front row. If you’re going to get beat by anyone I guess you want to be beaten by your teammate. It’s a proud day for us.” Ambrose said.

All-Star winner Jimmie Johnson third, Greg Biffle fourth and Clint Bowyer qualified fifth.

“Just real proud of where our equipment is going. I have been able always race better than I qualify. Our qualifying effort this year has been improving week in and week out. I can’t express enough how important that is on pit road and late in the race.” Johnson said. “I’m just very proud of everybody on this Lowe’s Chevrolet. The cars have been very fast and really great couple of weeks for us and we hope to keep things rolling”

Last years winner, Kevin Harvick starts 14th.

“We had a terrible first lap then just kind of backed off the second lap and ran faster. They are doing a good job when you can make a mistake like that and still have a decent qualifying lap.” Harvick said.

Kurt Busch wrecked during qualifying and will start 42nd.

Danica Patrick qualified 40th for her first Coca-Cola 600.

“I was just a little loose. I was really loose getting up to speed and loose on the first timed lap. That is kind of where it’s at. I don’t know if maybe my line wasn’t perfect for those conditions or what I needed to do or what.” Patrick said. “Good news is we are in the 600, we just have to regroup and go out there and do a good job on Sunday night.”

Starting Lineup
Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte Motor Speedway
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Cup/qual.php?race=12
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Pos. No. Driver Make Speed Time
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1 43 Aric Almirola Ford 192.94 27.988
2 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 191.598 28.184
3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 191.374 28.217
4 16 Greg Biffle Ford 191.259 28.234
5 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 191.198 28.243
6 55 Mark Martin Toyota 191.171 28.247
7 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 191.13 28.253
8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 190.887 28.289
9 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 190.597 28.332
10 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 190.456 28.353
11 22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge 190.329 28.372
12 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 190.302 28.376
13 21 Trevor Bayne Ford 190.268 28.381
14 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 190.201 28.391
15 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 190.194 28.392
16 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 190.054 28.413
17 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 190.034 28.416
18 83 Landon Cassill Toyota 189.987 28.423
19 20 Joey Logano Toyota 189.707 28.465
20 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 189.607 28.48
21 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 189.574 28.485
22 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 189.52 28.493
23 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 189.076 28.56
24 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 188.871 28.591
25 13 Casey Mears Ford 188.363 28.668
26 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 188.344 28.671
27 74 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 188.324 28.674
28 99 Carl Edwards Ford 188.206 28.692
29 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 187.924 28.735
30 34 David Ragan Ford 187.656 28.776
31 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 187.526 28.796
32 98 Michael McDowell Ford 187.487 28.802
33 26 Josh Wise* Ford 187.259 28.837
34 33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet 187.169 28.851
35 30 David Stremme Toyota 186.143 29.01
36 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 186.111 29.015
37 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 186.085 29.019
38 195 Scott Speed Ford 185.976 29.036
39 38 David Gilliland Ford 185.81 29.062
40 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 185.179 29.161
41 32 T.J. Bell Ford 183.886 29.366
42 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet
43 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 185.784 29.066

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