
Sadler on pole at Iowa: #2-Elliott Sadler won the Coors Light Pole for the US Cellular 250 at Iowa with a speed of 132.386mph. #16-Trevor Bayne will start second. The rest of the top 10: #22-Sam Hornish, Jr., #6-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., #20-Drew Herring, #31-Justin Allgaier, #38-Jason Leffler, #09-Kenny Wallace, #18-Micahel Annett, and #11-Brian Scott, Did Not Qualify: none.(8-6-2011)
Iowa qualifying notes:
Elliott Sadler won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 3rd Annual U.S. Cellular 250 Presented by The Enlist (TM) Weed Control System with a lap of 23.794 seconds, 132.386 mph.
This is his ninth pole in 152 NASCAR Nationwide Series races.
This is his third pole and 16th top-10 start in 2011.
This is his first pole in two races at Iowa Speedway.
Trevor Bayne (second) posted his 15th top-10 start of 2011 and his third in three races at Iowa Speedway.
Sam Hornish Jr. (third) posted his first top-10 start at Iowa Speedway. It is his fifth in eight races this season.
Blake Koch (21st) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR)(8-6-2011)
| Pos | Car | Driver | Team | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 2 | Elliott Sadler | OneMain Financial Chevy | 23.794 | 132.386 |
| 2 | 16 | Trevor Bayne | 3M Ford | 23.871 | 131.959 |
| 3 | 22 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Discount Tire Dodge | 23.903 | 131.783 |
| 4 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | RickyvsTrevor.com Ford | 23.907 | 131.761 |
| 5 | 20 | Drew Herring | SportClips Toyota | 23.970 | 131.414 |
| 6 | 31 | Justin Allgaier | Brandt Chevy | 23.981 | 131.354 |
| 7 | 38 | Jason Leffler | Great Clips Chevy | 23.993 | 131.288 |
| 8 | 09 | Kenny Wallace | American Ethanol/Iowa Corn Toyota | 24.031 | 131.081 |
| 9 | 18 | Michael McDowell(i) | Pizza Ranch Toyota | 24.046 | 130.999 |
| 10 | 11 | Brian Scott | Shore Lodge Toyota | 24.061 | 130.917 |
| 11 | 88 | Aric Almirola | Ragu/HyVee Chevy | 24.105 | 130.678 |
| 12 | 66 | Steve Wallace | 5-hour Energy Toyota | 24.128 | 130.554 |
| 13 | 33 | David Mayhew(i) | Rheem/Menards Chevy | 24.134 | 130.521 |
| 14 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | D.A.B Constructors, Inc. Toyota | 24.187 | 130.235 |
| 15 | 30 | Mikey Kile | AccuDoc Solutions Chevy | 24.203 | 130.149 |
| 16 | 32 | Reed Sorenson | Dollar General Chevy | 24.215 | 130.085 |
| 17 | 60 | Carl Edwards(i) | Fastenal Ford | 24.246 | 129.918 |
| 18 | 7 | Josh Wise | iRacing.com Chevy | 24.279 | 129.742 |
| 19 | 19 | Mike Bliss | TriStar Motorsports Chevy | 24.383 | 129.188 |
| 20 | 70 | Scott Wimmer | Foretravel Motorcoach Chevy | 24.464 | 128.761 |
| 21 | 81 | Blake Koch # | Daystar.com Dodge | 24.518 | 128.477 |
| 22 | 62 | Michael Annett | Northland Oil Toyota | 24.521 | 128.461 |
| 23 | 23 | Robert Richardson Jr. | North TX Pipe Chevy | 24.565 | 128.231 |
| 24 | 15 | Timmy Hill # | Lilly Trucking Ford | 24.583 | 128.137 |
| 25 | 44 | Jeff Green | TriStar Motorsports Chevy | 24.599 | 128.054 |
| 26 | 46 | Chase Miller | Key Motorsports Chevy | 24.627 | 127.908 |
| 27 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Clements Racing Engines Chevy | 24.707 | 127.494 |
| 28 | 40 | Charles Lewandoski # | Key Motorsports Chevy | 24.733 | 127.360 |
| 29 | 28 | Derrike Cope | MAXelence.com Chevy | 24.755 | 127.247 |
| 30 | 49 | Mark Green | Jay Robinson Racing Chevy | 24.762 | 127.211 |
| 31 | 42 | Tim Andrews | Key Motorsports Chevy | 24.767 | 127.185 |
| 32 | 02 | Jamie Dick(i) | VivaAutoGroup.com Chevy | 24.787 | 127.083 |
| 33 | 01 | Mike Wallace | Iowa 80 Truckstop Chevy | 24.798 | 127.026 |
| 34 | 39 | Joey Gase | Agrigold Seed Ford | 24.845 | 126.786 |
| 35 | 47 | Brian Keselowski(i) | Key Motorsports Chevy | 24.899 | 126.511 |
| 36 | 14 | Eric McClure | Hefty BlackOut/Reynolds Chevy | 24.980 | 126.101 |
| 37 | 41 | Matt Carter | Lilly Trucking Chevy | 24.997 | 126.015 |
| 38 | 52 | Tim Schendel | Marr Promotions Chevy | 25.017 | 125.914 |
| 39 | 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Victory In Jesus Racing Chevy | 25.474 | 123.655 |
| 40 | 75 | Johnny Chapman | Fastwax.com Ford | 25.501 | 123.525 |
| 41 | 71 | Carl Long | Lilly Trucking Ford | 25.761 | 122.278 |
| 42 | 74 | Mike Harmon | IPT Pellet Grills Chevy | 25.799 | 122.098 |
| 43 | 13 | Jennifer Jo Cobb # | TenForJen.com Dodge | 26.337 | 119.604 |
