Vickers wins pole at Michigan: #83-Brian Vickers won the Coors Light Pole for the Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway with a speed of 187.242mph for his 6th pole of the 2009 season, 11th of his career and 3rd straight at MIS. Starting 2nd is #5-Martin, #42-Montoya, #48-Johnson, #1-Truex Jr., #2-Busch, #39-Newman, #20-Logano, #21-Elliott and #9-Kahne. Points leader, #14-Stewart starts 18th. #88-Earnhardt Jr. 15th and #18-Busch is way back, starting 39th. The non Top-35 drivers who made the race: #21-Elliott, #82-Speed, #25-Keselwoski, #09-Bliss, #71-Gilliland, #87-Nemechek, #66-Blaney and #36-Skinner.
Missing the race (1): #37-Raines.(8-14-2009)

Qualifying Fast Facts - Michigan International Speedway:
#83-Brian Vickers won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Michigan 400 with a lap of 38.453 seconds, 187.242 mph.
This is his 11th pole in 195 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his sixth pole and 11th top-10 start in 2009.
This is his third pole in 12 races at Michigan International Speedway.
#5-Mark Martin (second) posted his 11th top-10 start of 2009 and his 24th in 48 races at Michigan International Speedway.
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya (third) posted his second top-10 start at Michigan International Speedway. It is his 10th in 23 races this season.
#20-Joey Logano (eighth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.(NASCAR Statistics)(8-14-2009)

Coverage of Qualifying for the Carmax 400 at Michigan International Speedway is scheduled for Friday, August 7, 2009 at 3:40pm/et.
TV: ESPN2 - 3:30pm/et
Radio: MRN Radio and Sirius XM Satellite NASCAR Radio
Qualifying Re-Air: none scheduled

Pole Progression: (who had the pole first, who got it next and who ended up with it)
#16-Biffle, 1st out to qualify, 185.385mph, starts ?
#42-Montoya, 7th out, 186.819mph, starts ?
#5-Martin, 27th out, 187.013mph, starts ?
#83-Vickers, 34th out, 187.242mph, starts ?

How did the non Top-35 teams do in qualifying?
Fastest 7 get in, 8th [43rd] spot goes to most recent past champ not in the race already or 8th fastest
[44 entered for 43 spots]:
have qualified for the race:
#21-Bill Elliott [PC], 185.806
#82-Scott Speed, 185.778
#25-Brad Keselowski, 185.730
#09-Mike Bliss, 183.941
#71-David Gilliland, 183.173
#87-Joe Nemechek, 182.866
#66-Dave Blaney, 182.274
#36-Mike Skinner, 181.708
will miss the race:
#37-Tony Raines, 181.484

Rookie of the Year Candidates:
how fast were they and where do they start:
#13-Max Papis (X), DNR
#20-Joey Logano, 185.850mph, starts ?
#82-Scott Speed (X), ?mph, starts ?
(X) = needs to race their way in to the race
DNR = Did not race
DNQ = Did not qualify for race

Some Qualifying Notes:
none...yet

Practice Results:
Practice Speeds Page

Race info at: Race Info Page

Event Entry List

Past Champions Provisional page

All Time Sprint Cup Pole Winners

After the 5th race of the season, the current season OWNERS points are used:
#1) - First 35 by current Owner Points [team does not have to attempt all the races]
#2) - Last Years Cup Champ or the Event Champion if not already in the field
#3) - Car Owners whose team has won in the previous and current season not already in the field
#4) - Drivers who have won in the previous and current season not already in the field
#5) - Past Nextel Cup Champions not in by 1 thru 4
#6) - Qualifying Attempts with Owners points as the tie breaker
#7) - Qualifying Order Position
(all above apply as long as the team was entered by the entry deadline - usually 7-13 days before the race)