.. Joe Nemechek won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Aaron’s 499 with a lap of 51.103 seconds, 187.386 mph. .. This is his 10th pole in 465 career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his first top-10 start in 2008. .. This is Nemechek’s fourth pole and 11th top-10 start in 27 races at Talladega Superspeedway. .. Tony Stewart (second) posted his fifth top-10 start in 2008 and his eighth top-10 start in 19 Talladega races. He tied his career-best start here set in May 2006. .. Ken Schrader (third) posted his 14th top-10 start in 45 races at Talladega, but his first since September 2003. He also was the 2nd fastest of the drivers required to make the field on time. .. Kyle Busch (third) posted his sixth top-10 start in 2008 and his second in seven Talladega races. .. Jon Wood (12th) qualified for his second Sprint Cup race. He started 41st and finished 29th at Las Vegas in 2007 .. Sterling Marlin (16th) qualified for his first race since Homestead in 2007. .. Patrick Carpentier (17th) was the fastest qualifying rookie and all five rookie candidates made the field.(NASCAR Statistics)(4-26-2008)
