Six days after the throw heard around the world at Bristol Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart and the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet are making news again. This time for capturing the Coors Light Pole Award for the AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday evening. This is Stewart’s first pole of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season as well as at the Speedway. Stewart’s qualifying lap was 29.787 seconds, 186.121 mph. Coverage for the AdvoCare 500 from Atlanta begins Sunday at 6:30pm EST on ESPN.
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Starting Lineup:
- Tony Stewart
- Greg Biffle
- Kyle Busch
- Matt Kenseth
- Jeff Gordon
- Mark Martin
- Denny Hamlin
- Jimmie Johnson
- Joey Logano
- Marcos Ambrose
- Kasey Kahne
- Carl Edwards
- Aric Almirola
- David Ragan
- Sam Hornish Jr.
- Kurt Busch
- Ryan Newman
- Paul Menard
- Casey Mears
- Jamie McMurray
- Brad Keselowski
- Dave Blaney
- Danica Patrick(Career best start)
- Kevin Harvick
- Bobby Labonte
- Jeff Burton
- Regan Smith
- Martin Truex Jr.(ESPN in-race reporter)
- David Gilliland
- Clint Bowyer
- David Stremme
- Trevor Bayne
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Jason Leffler
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Scott Speed
- Joe Nemechek
- Reed Sorenson
- Scott Riggs
- Landon Cassill
- Travis Kvapil
- TJ Bell
- JJ Yeley
DNQ: Michael McDowell, Josh Wise, Stephen Leicht, Mike Bliss.
