Pole Report: Hendrick Motorsports snags front row at Talladega

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Mark Martin ran a blistering fast lap of 52.799 seconds at 181.367 MPH at Talladega Superspeedway Saturday afternoon. This is Martin’s 51^st career pole and seconds this year. Teammates Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. qualified second, fifth, and sixth respectively. Clint Bowyer and Trevor Bayne fill the third and fourth spots.

1. Mark Martin

2. Jimmie Johnson

3. Clint Bowyer

4. Trevor Bayne

5. Jeff Gordon

6. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

7. Paul Menard

8. David Ragan

9. Carl Edwards

10. Ryan Newman

11. Matt Kenseth

12. Tony Stewart

13. Kevin Harvick

14. Kurt Busch

15. Juan Pablo Montoya

16. Brad Keselowski

17. Travis Kvapil

18.Greg Biffle

19. Marcos Ambrose

20. Kevin Conway

21. Bobby Labonte

22. Regan Smith

23. Michael Waltrip

24. AJ Allmendinger

25. Jeff Burton

26. Kasey Kahne

27. Joe Nemechek

28. JJ Yeley

29. Michael McDowell

30. Brian Vickers

31. Denny Hamlin

32. Terry Labonte

33. Andy Lally

34. Kyle Busch

35. Joey Logano

36. David Reutimann

37. Martin Truex Jr.

38. Landon Cassill

39. Robby Gordon

40. Jamie McMurray

41. David Gilliland

42. Dave Blaney

43. Casey Mears

Failing to qualify:

Scott Speed

Geoffrey Bodine

Josh Wise

TJ Bell

Television schedule:

Good Sam 500 at Talladega- 2 PM ET Sunday on ESPN and RaceBuddy