Jimmie Johnson won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Pepsi 500 with a lap of 39.912 seconds, 180.397 mph. This is his 17th pole in 244 Sprint Cup Series races. This is his fourth pole and 19th top-10 start in 2008. This is his first pole in 12 races at Auto Club Speedway. AJ Allmendinger (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2008 and his first in two races at Auto Club Speedway. This is his best career start. Jeff Gordon (third) posted his ninth top-10 start at Auto Club Speedway. It is his 17th in 25 races this season. Patrick Carpentier (fifth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.(NASCAR Statistics)(8-29-2008)
