Jimmie Johnson won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 64th Annual STP Gas Booster 500 with a record lap of 19.244 seconds, 98.400 mph. This is his 30th pole in 405 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2013. This is his third pole in 23 races at Martinsville Speedway. His average starting position at Martinsville Speedway is 11.9. Marcos Ambrose (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2013 and his second in nine races at Martinsville Speedway. Brian Vickers(i) (third) posted his third top-10 start at Martinsville Speedway. It is his second in two races this season. Tony Stewart held the previous track qualifying record with a lap of 19.306 seconds, 98.083 mph. (NASCAR Statistics)
