2008 Pole Sitter: #44-David Reutimann, 171.636, finished 20th

Track Qualifying Record [current layout]: Jamie McMurray, Nov 2003, 181.111mph

Track Qualifying Record [old layout]: Steve Park, Nov 2000, 156.440mph

Fastest Last Practice Speed: #2-Kurt Busch, 173.433mph, scheduled to qualify 10th out of 48 drivers

Johnson wins pole at Homestead: #48-Johnson won the Coors Light Pole Award for the FORD 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with a lap of 173.919mph for his 4th pole of the season and 23rd career pole. #82-Speed was 2nd fastest followed by #47-Ambrose, #5-Martin, #14-Stewart, #29-Harvick, #39-Newman, #16-Biffle, #21-Elliott and #33-Bowyer.
The non Top-35 drivers who made the race: #82-Speed, #21-Elliott, #78-Smith, #02-Gilliland, #36-McDowell, #71-BLabonte, #37-Kvapil and #08-TLabonte [using a past champions provisional].
Five drivers who failed to qualify: #87-Nemecehk, #66-Blaney, #70-Skinner, #13-Papis and #09-Stremme.(11-20-2009)

Qualifying Fast Facts - Homestead-Miami Speedway:
#48-Jimmie Johnson won the Coors Light Pole Award for the FORD 400 with a lap of 31.049 seconds, 173.919 mph.
This is his 23rd pole in 291 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his fourth pole and 26th top-10 start in 2009.
This is his second pole in nine races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. His first Homestead pole came in 2007. He finished seventh that race.
#82-Scott Speed (second) posted his seventh top-10 start of 2009 and his second in two races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. This matches his best career start (Homestead, 2008; Chicagoland, 2009).
#47-Marcos Ambrose (third) posted his first top-10 start at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his sixth in 36 races this season.(NASCAR Statistics)(11-20-2009)

Homestead starting spots for the 2009 Chase Drivers:
(in order of chase points standings coming into Homestead)
1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, on the pole, 1st
2) #5-Mark Martin, 4th
3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 20th
4) #2-Kurt Busch, 12th
5) #14-Tony Stewart, 5th
6) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 23rd
7) #16-Greg Biffle, 8th
8) #11-Denny Hamlin, 38th
9) #39-Ryan Newman, 7th
10) #9-Kasey Kahne, 25th
11) #99-Carl Edwards, 24th
12) #83-Brian Vickers, 33rd.(11-20-2009)

Coverage of Qualifying for the FORD 400 at Homestead-Maimi Speedway is scheduled for Friday, November 20, 2009 at 3:10pm/et.
TV: ESPN2 - 3:00pm/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)
#83-Vickers, 1st out to qualify, 170.412mph, starts 33rd
#88-Earnhardt Jr., 4th out, 170.455mph, starts 32nd
#12-Keselowski, 5th out, 170.816mph, starts 27th
#42-Montoya, 6th out, 171.162mph, starts 23rd
#5-Martin, 7th out, 172.353mph, starts 4th
#48-Johnson, 32nd out, 173.919mph, starts 1st

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
[48 entered for 43 spots]:
have qualified for the race:
#82-Scott Speed, 172.695
#21-Bill Elliott [PC3], 171.860
#78-Regan Smith, 171.576
#02-David Gilliland, 171.461
#36-Michael McDowell, 171.434
#71-Bobby Labonte [PC1], 171.396
#37-Travis Kvapil, 170.805
#08-Terry Labonte [PC2], 168.057
will miss the race:
#87-Joe Nemechek, 170.708
#66-Dave Blaney, 168.940
#70-Mike Skinner, 168.660
#13-Max Papis, 168.529
#09-David Stremme, 0.000/spun

Rookie of the Year Candidates:
how fast were they and where do they start:
#13-Max Papis (X), 168.529mph, DNQ
#20-Joey Logano, 170.272mph, starts 35th
#82-Scott Speed (X), 172.695mph, starts 2nd
(X) = needs to race their way in to the race
DNR = Did not race
DNQ = Did not qualify for race

Some Qualifying Notes:
on his 2nd lap, #43-Soresnon spun and slid down the track and thru some grass, tapped the wall a bit with the right rear, no major damage.
#70-Skinner spun off his on his 2nd lap, but did not hit anything
#09-Stemme spun on his first lap and didn't complete a lap and will not make the race.

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)