Jeff Gordon won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 43rd Annual Aaron’s 499 with a lap of 49.973 seconds, 191.623 mph.
This is his 71st pole in 663 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. Gordon ranks third on the all-time series poles list.
Gordon has now won at least one pole in 20 consecutive seasons, tying David Pearson for the longest streak all-time. His first pole came in 1993 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2012.
This is his third pole in 39 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
AJ Allmendinger (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2012 and his second in eight races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Marcos Ambrose (third) posted his first top-10 start at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his third in ten races this season. (NASCAR Statistics)(5-5-2012)
