Jimmie Johnson Survives Storm, Captures Coors Light Pole at Kentucky Speedway

Jimmie Johnson survived a freak storm with high wings that lifted tents, injured a crew member, and littered the area with debris to capture his first Coors Light Pole since September 2010 on Friday afternoon. Johnon edged former teammate Kyle Busch with a lap of 29.700 seconds, 181.818mph. This is the second race at the Kentucky Speedway for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Last year’s race had a woe of traffic issues, which was promised to be fixed for tomorrow’s race. You can catch the Quaker State 400 on TNT, starting at 6:30PM EST.

Starting Lineup:

1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Kyle Busch
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Ryan Newman
6. Clint Bowyer
7. Dale Earnhardt Jr,
8. Brad Keselowski (MY RACE PICK)
9. Jeff Gordon
10. Martin Truex Jr.
11. Greg Biffle
12. Marcos Ambrose
13. Aric Almirola
14. Kurt Busch
15. Paul Menard
16. AJ Allmendinger
17. Jamie McMurray
18. Joey Logano
19. Kasey Kahne
20. Matt Kenseth
21. Casey Mears
22. Tony Stewart
23. Landon Cassill
24. Scott Speed
25. Carl Edwards
26. Regan Smith
27. Joe Nemechek
28. Bobby Labonte
29. Jeff Burton
30. Josh Wise
31. Juan Pablo Montoya
32. David Stremme
33. David Ragan
34. Travis Kvapil
35. Michael McDowell
36. Scott Riggs
37. Mike Bliss
38. David Reutimann
39. Michael Waltrip
40. David Gilliland
41. Ken Schrader
42. Dave Blaney
43. Stephen Leicht