Jamie McMurray won the Coors Light Pole Award for the SHOWTIME Southern 500 (61st Running) with a lap of 27.264 seconds, 180.370 mph.
McMurray set a new track qualifying record, breaking Matt Kenseth’s 2009 Darlington speed of 179.514 mph.
This is his fifth pole in 269 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his second pole and third top-10 start in 2010. This is the first time in his eight-year career that McMurray has won mulitple poles in a season.
This is his first pole in ten races at Darlington Raceway.
Jeff Gordon (second) posted his seventh top-10 start of 2010 and his 24th in 30 races at Darlington Raceway.
Brian Vickers (third) posted his third top-10 start at Darlington Raceway. It is his second in 11 races this season.(NASCAR Statistics)(5-7-2010)
