Mark Martin backed up his fast practice lap from Friday to win the pole position for Sunday’s FedEx 400 at Dover International Speedway, beating Jimmie Johnson as the final car to make an attempt in Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying.
While he maybe running a very limited schedule with Michael Waltrip Raicng, Mark Martin is showing that no matter what your age is you can still compete with the “young guns” of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Martin, who was the fastest in practice on Friday afternoon, won his third pole award in 10 starts with Michael Waltrip Racing of the 2012 season, and his 54th career pole with a lap of 22.742 seconds, 158.297 mph. Martin was the final car to make a qualifying attempt for the FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks, and beat Jimmie Johnson.
“Mark found five-thousandths. … Mark is one heck of a wheelman, and he continues to show it,” said Jimmie Johnson.
Fans can catch the FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks on Sunday afternoon starting at 12:00pm EST on Fox. This will be the last race for the NASCAR on Fox gang, as the season moves over to TNT starting next week.
Starting Lineup:
1. Mark Martin
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Ryan Newman
4. Clint Bowyer
5. Matt Kenseth
6. Kevin Harvick
7. Greg Biffle
8. Kyle Busch
9. Kurt Busch
10. Denny Hamlin
11. Joey Logano
12. Aric Almirola
13. Kasey Kahne
14. Jeff Gordon
15. Jeff Burton
16. Brad Keselowski
17. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
18. Martin Truex Jr.
19. Carl Edwards (MY RACE PICK)
20. Paul Menard
21. Marcos Ambrose
22. Bobby Labonte
23. AJ Allmendinger
24. Jamie McMurray
25. Scott Speed
26. Regan Smith
27. Landon Cassill
28. David Ragan
29. Tony Stewart
30. David Gilliland
31. Juan Pablo Montoya
32. David Stremme
33. Michael McDowell
34. J.J. Yeley
35. Joe Nemechek
36. Mike Bliss
37. Stephen Leicht
38. Scott Riggs
39. Reed Sorenson
40. David Reutimann
41. Casey Mears
42. Dave Blaney
43. Travis Kvapil
DNQ: Josh Wise and Cole Whitt
