Brian Vickers won the Coors Light Pole Award for the CROWN ROYAL Presents The Russ Friedman 400 with a lap of 21.238 seconds, 127.131 mph. This is his seventh pole in 182 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his second pole and fourth top-10 start in 2009. This is his second pole in ten races at Richmond International Raceway. Jeff Gordon (second) posted his seventh top-10 start of 2009 and his 25th in 33 races at Richmond International Raceway. Denny Hamlin (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Richmond International Raceway. It is his fourth in ten races this season. Scott Speed (eighth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.(NASCAR Statsistics)(5-1-2009)
