Ryan Newman won the Coors Light Pole Award for the COCA-COLA 600 with a lap of 28.651 seconds, 188.475 mph. This is his 44th pole in 272 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. His first pole in the series came at the 2001 COCA-COLA 600 This is his first pole and fifth top-10 start in 2009. This is his eighth pole in 17 races at Lowe’s Motor Speedway at Charlotte. Kyle Busch (second) posted his eighth top-10 start of 2009 and his third in 11 races at Lowe’s Motor Speedway at Charlotte. Jeff Gordon (third) posted his 22nd top-10 start at Lowe’s Motor Speedway at Charlotte. It is his ninth in 12 races this season. Joey Logano (14th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.(NASCAR Statistics)(5-21-2009)
