NSCS Pole Report: Almirola wins pole for the Coca-Cola 600

It’s an all Richard Petty Motorsports front row at Charlotte for this weekend’s Coca Cola 600. Aric Almirola won his first Sprint Cup Series pole with a lap of 27.99 seconds at 192.94 mph. Teammate Marcos Ambrose had a lap of 28.18 seconds at 191.598. Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle, and Clint Bowyer round out the top-5.

Here’s the lineup:

1. Aric Almirola

2. Marcos Ambrose

3. Jimmie Johnson

4. Greg Biffle

5. Clint Bowyer

6. Mark Martin

7. Kasey Kahne

8. Denny Hamlin

9. Paul Menard

10. Regan Smith

11. AJ Allmendginer

12. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

13. Trevor Bayne

14. Kevin Harvick

15. Martin Truex Jr.

16. Ryan Newman

17. Kyle Busch

18. Landon Cassill

19. Joey Logano

20. Matt Kenseth

21. Tony Stewart

22. Jeff Burton

23. Jeff Gordon

24. Brad Keselowski

25. Casey Mears

26. Bobby Labonte

27. Cole Whitt

28. Carl Edwards

29. Juan Pablo Montoya

30. David Ragan

31. Jamie McMurray

32. Michael McDowell

33. Josh Wise

34. Stephen Leicht

35. David Stremme

36. Dave Blaney

37. Travis Kvapil

38. Scott Speed

39. David Gilliland

40. Danica Patrick

41. T.J. Bell

42. Kurt Busch

43. Joe Nemechek

Who did not make it:

Mike Bliss

David Reutimann

J.J. Yeley
Scott Riggs

Television schedule:

Practice- 10 a.m. ET Saturday on SPEED

Practice- 1 p.m. ET Saturday on SPEED

Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte- 5:30 p.m. ET on FOX