2014 Pole Winner: #4-Kevin Harvick, 188.470mph, finished 8th

Track Qualifying Record: Kevin Harvick, July 2014, 188.889mph (1st round qualifying)

Oldest Pole Winner: Mark Martin, 50 years, 197 days, 7/25/2009

Youngest Pole Winner: Reed Sorenson, 21 years, 5 months, 24 days, 7/29/2007

Fastest First Practice Speed: #11-Denny Hamlin, 182.208mph

Fastest Happy Hour Practice Speed: #41-Kurt Busch, 181.987 mph

Edwards wins Indianapolis pole: #19-Carl Edwards won the Coors Light pole for the Crown Royal Presents the Jeff Kyle 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with speed of 183.464mph for his 2nd pole of 2015, 1st at Indy and 15th of his career. Edwards has won 2 times from the pole.
#22-Logano is on the outside pole followed by #55-Ragan, #14-Stewart, #42-Larson, #4-Harvick, #15-Bowyer, #88-Earnhardt, Jr., #18-Busch, #1-McMurray, #27-Menard, and #48-Johnson.
#31-Newman's qualifying time was disallowed because the right side window was missing. He will start 43rd.
Missing the race was: #32-Wise, #26-Burton, #62-Sorenson.(7-25-2015)

Qualifying Fast Facts - Indianapolis:
Carl Edwards won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 22nd Annual Crown Royal presents the Jeff Kyle 400 at The Brickyard with a lap of 49.056 seconds, 183.464 mph.
This is his 15th pole in 393 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his second pole and 11th top-10 start in 2015.
This is his first pole in 11 races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Joey Logano (second) posted his 14th top-10 start of 2015 and his third in seven races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
David Ragan (third) posted his second top-10 start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is his eighth in 20 races this season.
Brett Moffitt (39th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR Statistics)(7-25-2015)

First Round of Qualifying for the Crown Royal Presents the Jeff Kyle 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is over, after all drivers made an attempt.
#14-Stewart 185.548
#42-Larson 185.410
#48-Johnson 184.332
#22-Logano 184.313
#1-McMurray 184.030
the rest of the top 12: 4 55 19 15 18 27 88;
out of the top 12 and not advancing to the final round: 78 41 10 13 11 9 24 16 51 43 20 40 3 47 5 25 17 21 2 95 6 46 7 31 33 38 23 34 32 83 35 26 62 98.
Drivers who will miss the race: #32-Wise, #26-Burton, #62-Sorenson.
(7-25-2015)

Superspeedway qualifying format to be uses at Indy, Michigan: NASCAR officials told NASCAR Sprint Cup, XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series teams on Wednesday that it plans to use the superspeedway qualifying format at Indianapolis Motor Speedway next weekend and Michigan International Speedway next month. Beginning in May at Talladega Superspeedway, there were two rounds of qualifying with drivers turning one timed lap. The top 12 advanced to the final round. Each driver took a warm-up lap, the timed lap and a cool-down lap before returning to pit road. Last weekend, the format was scheduled to be run by the Sprint Cup Series at Daytona International Speedway, but rain forced the field to be set per the rule book by practice speeds.
Based on a random draw at Indianapolis, vehicles will line up on pit road for the first round -- rather than nose in or nose out in a pit stall -- and NASCAR will release drivers at a predetermined interval. The sanctioning body reserves the right to have more than one vehicle on track at a time. It's likely that two vehicles will be on track at the same time, but the second vehicle won't impede or help the one it follows on track. Following each lap, NASCAR will impound vehicles, and there will be a 10-minute break between rounds. Only during that break may teams make adjustments, and they will only be allowed to adjust tape and use a cool-down unit at that time. The final round qualifying order will be set from slowest to fastest speeds in the first round with starting positions 1-12 determined by the fastest laps in that second session.(NASCAR.com)(7-15-2015)

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

Coverage of Qualifying for the Crown Royal Presents the Jeff Kyle 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is scheduled for Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 1:10pm/et.
Television (TV): NBCSN, 1:00pm/et
Scheduled Qualifying Re-Air: none

Qualifying Progression:
progression of the pole, round 1 and the final round, drivers went out one-by-one, order by overall practice speed (slowest to fastest).
#62-Sorenson, 1st out, 174.540, 1st round, failed to advance, did not qualify
#26-Burton, 2nd out, 176.170, 1st round, failed to advance, did not qualify
#83-DeBenedetto, 3rd out, 178.912, 1st round, failed to advance, starts 40th
#23-Yeley, 4th out, 179.412, 1st round, failed to advance, starts 38th
#7-Bowman, 6th out, 180.325, 1st round, failed to advance, starts 35th
#46-Annett, 10th out, 180.426, 1st round, failed to advance, starts 34th
#40-Cassill, 11th out, 181.939, 1st round, failed to advance, starts 24th
#51-Allgaier, 14th out, 182.238, 1st round, failed to advance, starts 21st
#9-Hornish, 15th out, 182.482, 1st round, failed to advance, starts 18th
#22-Logano, 20th out, 184.313, 1st round, advanced to final round, starts 2nd
#14-Stewart, 36th out, 185.548, 1st round, advanced to final round, start 4th
#88-Earnhardt, Jr, 1st out in final round, 182.308, starts 8th
#15-Bowyer, 4th out in final round, 182.382, starts 7th
#19-Edwards, 5th out in final round, 183.464, WON Pole

Rookie of the Year Candidates Qualifying Results:
#26-Jeb Burton, did not qualify
#34-Brett Moffitt, starts 39th
#83-Matt DiBenedetto, starts 40st
#33-Alex Kennedy, not entered
#66-Tanner Berryhill, not entered

Final practice for the Crown Royal Presents the Jeff Kyle 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is over after 115 scheduled minutes the top-five, slowest and notes:
#41-Busch 181.987
#4-Harvick 181.987
#42-Larson 181.357
#48-Johnson 180.697
#78-Truex, Jr. 180.672
slowest: #83-DiBenedetto 172.735 & #62-Sorenson 168.868
notes: #98-Hill wrecked off turn 4 and will have to go to a backup car.
See practice speeds and laps run on the Indianapolis Practice 3 Speeds page (pdf).(7-24-2015)

Second practice for the Crown Royal Presents the Jeff Kyle 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is over after 85 scheduled minutes the top-five, slowest and notes:
#88-Earnhardt, Jr. 181.466
#2-Keselowski 181.448
#5-Kahne 181.408
#42-Larson 181.378
#24-Gordon 181.189
slowest: #62-Sorenson 168.783 & #98-Hill 167.454.
notes: #11-Hamlin's team forgot to put the hood pins in before his first run. The hood flew up on his first lap on track. The will not go to a backup, but will replace the hood and windshield on the car.
Qualifying is scheduled for 1:10pm/et tomorrow.
See practice speeds and laps run on the Indianapolis Practice 2 Speeds page (pdf).(7-24-2015)

First Friday practice for the Crown Royal Presents the Jeff Kyle 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is over after 85 scheduled minutes the top-five, slowest and notes:
#11-Hamlin 182.208
#48-Johnson 181.796
#4-Harvick 181.756
#24-Gordon 181.444
#14-Stewart 181.214
slowest: #26-Burton 171.707 & #23-Yeley 169.985. No speed: #62-Sorenson & #98-Hill.
notes: Cup teams will have 3 practices today. This practice is not on TV, but NBC Sports Live Extra has coverage online. Qualifying is scheduled for 1:10pm/et tomorrow.
#27-Menard made light contact with the outside wall. The team will repair the car.
See practice speeds and laps run on the Indianapolis Practice 1 Speeds page (pdf).(7-24-2015)

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For Qualifying Rules and Starting Procedures, see Jayski.com's Qualifying Rules page

Qualifying order is by a random draw [except at Daytona/Talladega/Indianapolis and the 2nd race at Michigan, set by practice 1 speeds, slowest 1st]. 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.