-David Green won the first Coors Light pole at Homestead in 1999 at a speed of 155.759 mph (34.669 sec.).
-There have been 13 different Coors Light pole winners at Homestead, led by Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne with two each.
-Jamie McMurray (November, 2003) and David Reutimann (November, 2008) won their first career Coors Light poles at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
-Two of the 17 (11.7%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Homestead-Miami Speedway have been won from the Coors Light pole: Bill Elliott (2001) and Kurt Busch (2002).
-Five of the 17 (29.4%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Homestead have been won from the front row: two from the pole and three from second-place.
-12 of the 17 (70.5%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Homestead have been won from a starting position inside the top 10 – most recently – Kyle Busch (third starting position; last season).
-Five of the 17 (29.4%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Homestead have been won from a starting position outside the top 10 – most recently – Jeff Gordon (15th-place starting position; 2012).
-Denny Hamlin won the 2009 race from the 38th-place starting position, the furthest back a race winner has started at HMS.
-Qualifying has never been cancelled due to weather conditions at Homestead-Miami.
(NASCAR)
