.. Jeff Gordon won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Goody’s Cool Orange 500 with a lap of 19.666 seconds, 96.288 mph. .. This is his 65th pole in 515 career NASCAR Sprint Cup races. He is fourth on the all-time pole winners list behind Richard Petty (126), David Pearson (112) and Cale Yarborough (70). .. This is his second pole and sixth top-10 start in 2008. .. This is Gordon’s seventh pole at Martinsville Speedway. He also started first here in September 1995 when qualified was canceled. .. Denny Hamlin posted the second-fastest qualifying time with a lap of 19.775 seconds, 95.757 mph. This is his fourth top-10 start in six Martinsville races – all also top-fives. This is Hamlin’s second top-10 start in 2008. .. Aric Almirola (third) posted his career-first Sprint Cup Series top-10 start. His best start in his seven-race Sprint Cup Series career was 16th, which came last race at Bristol. .. Jamie McMurray (fifth) was the fastest of the drivers required to make the field on time. .. Sam Hornish Jr. (26th) was the fastest qualifying rookie. .. Michael McDowell (34th) qualified for his career-first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. (NASCAR Statistics)(3-28-2008)
