David Ragan won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 15th Annual Samsung Mobile 500 with a lap of 28.448 seconds, 189.820 mph.
This is his first pole in 153 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2011.
This is his first pole in nine races at Texas Motor Speedway. Ragan won a Nationwide Series pole here in 2007.
Carl Edwards (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2011 and his fifth in 13 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Clint Bowyer (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his second in seven races this season.
Andy Lally (43rd) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR Statistics)(4-8-2011)
