ichard Petty will always be King, but on Thursday night he ruled Charlotte Motor Speedway.
RAric Almirola captured the Coors Light Pole Award for the Coca-Cola 600 with a lap speed of 192.940 mph, and his Richard Petty Motorsports teammate, Marcos Ambrose will start second.
As Petty walked into the media center, he joked “Haven’t sat up here in a while.”
During his career , Petty won 123 poles, a Sprint Cup record. The last time his Petty Blue No. 43 was the polesitter for a race was 46 years ago.
Kurt Busch will start at the back of the field after wrecking in qualifying.
Danica Patrick qualified 40th for her first Coca-Cola 600. Patrick will also win the NASCAR Nationwide Series History 300 on Saturday afternoon.
While there is no track activity on Friday, you can catch all NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice on Saturday starting at 10:00am EST, while the race is on Fox on Sunday, May 27 starting at 6:00pm EST.
Just a reminder my pick to win the race is Dale Earnhardt, Jr.. Now it’s your turn! Who ya got NASCAR fans?
Starting Lineup:
1. Aric Almriola
2. Marcos Ambrose
3. Jimmie Johnson (WON THE ALL-STAR RACE LAST WEEK)
4. Greg Biffle
5. Clint Bowyer
6. Mark Martin
7. Kasey Kahne
8. Denny Hamlin
9. Paul Menard
10. Regan Smith
11. A.J. Allmendinger
12. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (MY RACE PICK)
13. Trevor Bayne
14. Kevin Harvick (LAST YEAR’S WINNER)
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 Blanney
37. Travis Kvapil
38. Scott Speed
39. David Gilliland
40. Danica Patrick
41. T.J. Bell
42. Kurt Busch
43. Joe Nemechek
DNQ: Mike Bliss, David Reutimann, JJ Yeley, and Scott Riggs.
