#10-Scott Riggs won the Bud Pole for the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway with a speed of 187.865 for his 1st pole of 2006 and 2nd of his career [40 races ago at Martinsville in April 2005]. Teammate #19-Jeremy Mayfield will start 2nd, followed by #48-Jimmie Johnson, #18-J.J. Yeley and #43-Bobby Labonte. #44-Terry Labonte qualified 34th for his final Coke 600. The non-top 35 teams that made the race were: #70-Sauter, #44-Labonte, #40-Stremme, #32-Kvapil, #78-Wallace, #15-Menard, #4-Wimmer and #74-Cope. Missing the race were: #55-Waltrip [his first miss since 10/1998 at Phoenix, 261 races], #61-Chaffin, #51-Garvey, #34-Blount, #49-Lepage, #00-Sauter, #95-Barrett, #27-Shelmerdine, #37-Long and #72-Davis. Qualifying will re-air on Speed Channel on 5/26 at 2:00am/et and 3:00pm/et and 5/27 at 12:00am/et.
See the qualifying results, starting lineup, pole progression, non Top-35 drivers on my Charlotte Qualifying/Lineup/Grid Page.(5-25-2006)
