Atlanta Qualifying Notes:

.. Greg Biffle won the Bud Pole for the Pep Boys Auto 500 with a lap of 28.807 seconds, 192.453 mph. .. This is his fourth Bud Pole in 183 career Nextel Cup races. .. This is his first Bud Pole and 10th top-10 start in 2007. He became the 16th driver to win a Bud Pole this season. .. This is Biffle’s first Bud Pole and fourth top-10 start in 10 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. .. Kurt Busch posted the second-fastest qualifying time. It is his 13th top-10 start of 2007 and his fifth in 14 Atlanta races. .. Dale Jarrett (third) posted his 16th top-10 start in 40 races at Atlanta. He posted 10 straight between 1996 and 2002. It is his best start of the 2007 season and his first top-10 start since Talladega on Oct. 10, 2006. .. Jimmie Johnson (sixth) posted his 23rd top-10 start of 2007, extending his series lead in top-10 starts. .. Only three of the 12 Chase drivers qualified in the top-10: Kurt Busch, Johnson and Jeff Gordon. .. Jarrett was the fastest of the drivers required to make the field on time. .. Juan Pablo Montoya (21st) was the fastest qualifying rookie.(NASCAR Statistics)(10-26-2007)