.. Kasey Kahne won the Bud Pole for the Sharpie 500 with a lap of 16.016 seconds, 119.805 mph. .. This is his 14th Bud Pole in 132 career Nextel Cup races. .. This is his second Bud Pole and 12th top-10 start in 2007. .. This is Kahne’s first Bud Pole and sixth top-10 start in eight races at Bristol Motor Speedway. His previous best start was second, which he has done twice most recently in the spring race this season. .. Juan Pablo Montoya posted the second-fastest qualifying time with a lap of 16.064 seconds, 119.447 mph. This is his sixth top-10 start in 2007. .. Jamie McMurray (third) posted his seventh top-10 start this season and his fifth in 10 Bristol races. .. David Ragan (fourth) joined Montoya as the second rookie candidate to qualify in the top 10. It is his career best start and his second top-10 this season. .. Scott Riggs (11th) was the fastest of the drivers required to make the field on time.(NASCAR Statistics)(8-24-2007)
