April 2014 Pole Winner: #14-Tony Stewart, 195.454mph, finished 10th

November 2014 Pole Winner: #20-Matt Kenseth, 199.299mph, finished 25th

Track Qualifying Record: #14-Tony Stewart, 200.111, 10/31/2014 (2nd round qualifying)

Oldest Pole Winner: Bill Elliott, 46 years, 6 months, 0 days, 4/08/2002

Youngest Pole Winner: Brian Vickers, 23 years, 0 months, 12 days, 11/05/2006

Fastest First Practice Speed: #78-Truex, Jr, 191.096 mph

Fastest Happy Hour Practice Speed: #5-Kahne, 190.975 mph

Kurt Busch wins Texas pole: #41-Kurt Busch won the Coors Light pole for the Duck Commander 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway with speed of 193.847mph for his 2nd pole of 2015, 1st at Texas and 18th of his career.
#4-Harvick is on the outside pole followed by #2-Keselowski, #5-Kahne, #48-Johnson, #22-Logano, #31-Newman, #27-Menard, #42-Larson, and #1-McMurray.
Missing the race were: #62-Gaughan and #26-Burton.(4-10-2015)

Qualifying Fast Facts - Texas:
(NASCAR Statistics)(4-10-2015)

Second Round of Qualifying for the Duck Commander 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is over after 10 scheduled minutes.
#4-Harvick 194.021
#41-Busch 193.653
#42-Larson 193.653
#27-Menard 193.112
#2-Keselowski 193.036
the rest of the top 12: 1 31 22 5 24 48 14;
out of the top 12 and not advancing to round 3: 21 3 78 19 20 11 16 13 10 17 6 51
(4-10-2015)

First Round of Qualifying for the Duck Commander 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is over, after 20 scheduled minutes.
#24-Gordon 194.981
#4-Harvick 194.581
#42-Larson 193.986
#41-Busch 193.694
#14-Stewart 193.507
the rest of the top 24: 7 13 16 5 6 11 21 1 22 78 10 2 17 19 31 51 48 3 20;
out of the top 24 and not advancing to round 2: 88 47 15 46 9 18 35 43 40 7 98 55 32 38 95 62 26 34 83
Drivers who will miss the race: #62-Gaughan, #26-Burton.
(4-10-2015)

For group qualifying rules and starting procedures, see the Qualifying Rules page

Coverage of Qualifying for the Duck Commander 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is scheduled for Friday, April 10, 2015 at 6:45pm/et.
Television (TV): FS1, 6:30pm/et
Radio: Live online at Performance Racing Network (PRN)
Scheduled Qualifying Re-Air: Saturday, April 11th at 4:30am/et on FS1

Qualifying Progression:
driver that was fastest after the first session, the second session and the pole winner from the final session of group qualifying.
First Session: #24-Gordon, 194.981mph, starts 12th
Second Session: #4-Harvick, 194.021mph, starts 2nd
Final Session: #41-Busch, 193.847mph starts 1st on the pole

Rookie of the Year Candidates Qualifying Results:
#26-Jeb Burton, DNQ
#33-Alex Kennedy, starts 43rd
#55-Brett Moffitt, starts 36th

Final practice for the Duck Commander 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is over after 80 minutes, the top five, slowest two and some notes:
#5-Kahne 190.975
#48-Johnson 190.523
#1-McMurray 189.653
#11-Hamlin 189.560
#13-Mears 189.062
Most laps run: #4-Harvick 62, #1-McMurray 56
slowest: #33-Kennedy 181.014 & #32-Bliss 180.126.
notes: Qualifying is scheduled for 6:45pm/et tonight and will be shown on FS1.
See fastest speeds, laps run, best 10 Consecutive Lap Average on the Texas practice 2 speeds page (pdf).(4-10-2015)

First Friday practice for the Duck Commander 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is over after 90 minutes, the top five, slowest two and some notes:
#78-Truex, Jr. 191.096
#5-Kahne 190.463
#4-Harvick 189.773
#13-Meards 189.182
#18-Ragan 189.129
Most laps run: #33-Kennedy 65, #88-Earnhardt, Jr. 62
slowest: #32-Bliss 182.235 & #33-Kennedy 179.134.
notes: Sprint Cup teams will have a second (and final) practice today at 2:00pm/et. Qualifying is scheduled for 6:45pm/et tonight.
See fastest speeds, laps run, best 10 Consecutive Lap Average on the Texas practice 1 speeds page (pdf).(4-10-2015)

Race info at: Race Info Page

Event Entry List

Qualifying Rules

Past Champions Provisional

All Time Sprint Cup Pole Winners

2015 Pole Winners / 2016 Sprint Unlimited

For the group qualifying rules and starting procedures, see the Qualifying Rules page

Qualifying order is by a random draw. One hour before the start of the 1st practice for an upcoming race, a driver or team member chooses a number from a basket that is spun(like a bingo or lottery type basket) which is located in a designated area, usually where the rookie meeting is being held. The order is by owners points, with the team ranking highest choosing first. There are one more ping pong ball so there is one spot left when all teams have chosen, the number not chosen is just skipped when qualifying is run.