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Qualifying Fast Facts – Sonoma:

Jamie McMurray won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 25th Annual Toyota/Save Mart 350 with a lap of 75.422 seconds, 94.986 mph. This is his ninth pole in 382 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. His last pole, 81 races ago, came at Martinsville Speedway in March 2011. This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2013. This is his second pole in 11 races at Sonoma Raceway. His previous pole came in 2007. Marcos Ambrose (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2013 and his sixth in six races at Sonoma Raceway. Carl Edwards (third) posted his first top-10 start at Sonoma Raceway. It is his seventh in 16 races this season. Danica Patrick (31st) was the fastest qualifying rookie. (NASCAR Statistics)