#99-Carl Edwards won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Air Guard 400 with a lap of 21.133 seconds, 127.762 mph.
This is his sixth pole in 219 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his second pole and eighth top-10 start in 2010.
This is his first pole in 13 races at Richmond International Raceway. His previous best start at Richmond was second (twice).
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya (second) posted his 17th top-10 start of 2010 and his second in eight races at Richmond International Raceway.
#43-A J Allmendinger (third) posted his first top-10 start at Richmond International Raceway. It is his sixth in 26 races this season.(NASCAR Statistics)(9-10-2010)
