#24-Jeff Gordon won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Bank of America 500 with a lap of 28.192 seconds, 191.544 mph. This is his 69th pole in 612 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. Gordon moves into a tie with Cale Yarborough for third on the all-time poles list.
This is his first pole and 16th top-10 start in 2010. Gordon’s last pole came at Texas in November of 2009.
This is his eighth pole in 36 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Gordon’s first career pole came at Charlotte in October of 1993.
#99-Carl Edwards (second) posted his 11th top-10 start of 2010 and his third in 12 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway. #43-A J Allmendinger (third) posted his first top-10 start at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is his ninth in 31 races this season.(NASCAR Statistics)(10-14-2010)
