#33-Brian Scott won the pole for the Aaron’s 499 Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway with speed of 198.290mph after the 3rd and final session of group qualifying. It is Scott’s 1st career pole in the Sprint Cup Series and puts him into the 2015 Sprint Unlimited.
#27-Menard qualified on the outside pole (2nd) followed by #47-Allmendinger, #13-Mears, #3-Dillon, #31-Newman, #10-Patrick, #4-Harvick, #41-Busch, #99-Edwards, #24-Gordon and #14-Stewart is 12th.
For the first time in 2014 group qualifying, #22-Logano didn’t advance into all the rounds, qualifying 16th in round 2.
#5-Kahne’s Chevy was too light in post-qualifying tech and #78-Truex Jr.’s car didn’t meet height requirements and both cars had speeds/times disallowed and will have to use provisionals with #5-Kahne starting 42nd and #78-Truex Jr. starting 43rd.
Missing the race were: #35-McClure, #44-Yeley, #77-Blaney, #87-Nemechek.
See starting lineup, qualifying results, round results and more on the Talladega Starting Lineup / Qualifying Results page.
