Carl Edwards won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen (25th Running) with a lap of 70.882 seconds, 124.432 mph.
This is his fifth pole in 215 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and fifth top-10 start in 2010. Edwards’ last pole came in August of 2008 at Bristol, 69 races ago.
This is his first pole in six races at Watkins Glen International. His previous best start was third in 2008.
This race has been won from the pole nine times, most recently by Kyle Busch in 2008.
Jamie McMurray (second) posted his eighth top-10 start of 2010 and his first in eight races at Watkins Glen International.
Juan Pablo Montoya (third) posted his second top-10 start at Watkins Glen International. It is his 13th in 22 races this season.(NASCAR Statistics)(8-7-2010)
