Qualifying Fast Facts – Indianapolis:

#11- Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 19th Annual Crown Royal Presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 at The Brickyard Powered by Big Machine Records with a lap of 49.244 seconds, 182.763 mph.
This is his 11th pole in 243 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his second pole and 11th top-10 start in 2012.
This is his first pole in seven races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
#99-Carl Edwards (second) posted his seventh top-10 start of 2012 and his third in eight races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
#20-Joey Logano (third) posted his first top-10 start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is his ninth in 20 races this season.
#26-Josh Wise (36th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.(NASCAR Statistics)(7-28-2012)