Qualifying Fast Facts – Texas:


  • Greg Biffle won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 7th Annual AAA Texas 500 with a lap of 27.873 seconds, 193.736 mph.
    This is his ninth pole in 328 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
    This is his third pole and 13th top-10 start in 2011. His previous poles came at Michigan and Kansas.
    This is his first pole in 16 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
    David Ragan (second) posted his 11th top-10 start of 2011 and his fifth in ten races at Texas Motor Speedway.
    Matt Kenseth (third) posted his eighth top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 13th in 34 races this season.
    Andy Lally (43rd) was the fastest qualifying rookie.(NASCAR Statistics)(11-4-2011)