#11-Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway with a lap of 183.870mph for his 1st pole of the season and 7th career pole. #00-Reutimann was 2nd fastest followed by #16-Biffle, #48-Johnson, #42-Montoya, #1-Truex, Jr., #20-Logano, #29-Harvick, #33-Bowyer, and #5-Martin.
The non Top-35 drivers who made the race: #87-Nemechek, #13-Papis, #82-Speed, #09-Bliss, #78-Smith, #71-Gilliland, #66-Blaney and #36-McDowell.
The two drivers who failed to qualify: #37-Raines and #64-Wallace.
See starting lineup, qualifying results, pole progression on my Auto Club Starting Grid/Qualifying Results-Order page.(10-9-2009)
