Darlington Qualifying Notes:

Clint Bowyer won the Bud Pole for the Dodge Avenger 500, his first career Bud Pole 48 NASCAR Nextel Cup races. .. Bowyer posted a lap of 29.806 seconds at 164.987 mph. .. This is his third top-10 start in 2007. .. This is Bowyer’s second top-10 start in two races at Darlington. He started third here last season. .. Greg Biffle (second) posted a lap of 29.826 seconds at 164.876 mph. This is his fifth top-10 start in six races at Darlington. He has started third twice and ninth twice in his previous top-10 starts. Biffle has won the past two NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races at Darlington. .. Jamie McMurray (third) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2007. All of his top-10 have also been topfives and have come in Car-of-Tomorrow races. .. David Reutimann (14th) was the fastest qualifying rookie. .. Ken Schrader (eighth) was the fastest of the cars that had to make the field on time. This is his second top-10 start in 2007.(NASCAR)(5-11-2007)