Jeff Gordon won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 42nd Annual Aaron’s 499 with a lap of 53.723 seconds, 178.248 mph.
This is his 70th pole in 625 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. Gordon surpasses Cale Yarborough for third-place on the all-time pole winners list.
This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2011.
This is his second pole in 37 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Jimmie Johnson (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2011 and his 13th in 19 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Mark Martin (third) posted his 22nd top-10 start at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his fourth in eight races this season.
Andy Lally (37th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
Hendrick Motorsports becomes the third team in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history to qualify four cars in the top four starting positions (Pete DePaolo 1965 – Charlotte; Jack Roush 2005 – Auto Club).(NASCAR Statistics)(4-16-2011)
