Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Pepsi 500 with a lap of 39.158 seconds, 183.870 mph.
This is his seventh pole in 145 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. Hamlin’s last pole came at Richmond International Raceway on May 3, 2008.
This is his first pole and 14th top-10 start in 2009.
This is his first pole in eight races at Auto Club Speedway.
David Reutimann (second) posted his 12th top-10 start of 2009 and his second in six races at Auto Club Speedway.
Greg Biffle (third) posted his seventh top-10 start at Auto Club Speedway. It is his 12th in 30 races this season.
Joey Logano (seventh) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR Statistics)(10-9-2009)
