-Jimmie Johnson leads the series in average starting position at Auto Club Speedway with a 9.476.
-Joe Nemechek won the inaugural Coors Light pole (1997) with a speed of 183.015 mph (39.341 secs.).
-16 drivers have poles at Auto Club Speedway, led by Kurt Busch with four.
-Denny Hamlin (2012, 2013), Kurt Busch (2006 sweep) and Jamie McMurray (2010 sweep) are the three drivers to win consecutive poles at Auto Club Speedway.
-Three active drivers have posted their first NSCS Coors Light pole at Auto Club Speedway: Carl Edwards (9/4/2005) and Joe Nemechek (6/22/1997). Kyle Busch won his first pole (2/27/05) and first series win (9/4/05) at ACS in 2005.
-California-native Jimmie Johnson became the first and only driver to win from the pole at Auto Club Speedway in 2008.
-Only two of the 26 (7.6%) ACS races have been won from the front row both by six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, fall of 2008 (pole); and the fall of 2007 (second-place).
-Nine of the 26 (34.6%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Auto Club Speedway have been won from a top-five starting position.
-14 of the 26 (53.8%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Auto Club Speedway have been won from a top-10 starting position.
-Seven of the 26 (26.9%) races have been won from a starting position outside the top 20.
-The deepest in the field that a race winner has started was 31st, by Matt Kenseth in the spring of 2006.
-The most proficient starting position at ACS is pretty random. Three starting positions (third, ninth and 24th) have produced three winners each.
-Coors Light Pole Qualifying has been cancelled due to weather at ACS only once – 1999 event.
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