June 2015 Pole Winner: #5-Kasey Kahne, 201.992mph, finished 15th

August 2014 Pole Winner: #24-Jeff Gordon, 206.558mph, finished 1st

New Track Qualifying Record: #24-Jeff Gordon, August, 206.558mph (after repave 2012)

Old Track Qualifying Record: #12-Ryan Newman, June 2005, 194.232mph (before repave 2012)

Oldest Pole Winner: Mark Martin, 53 years, 7 months, 8 days, 8/17/2012

Young Pole Winner: Joey Logano, 23 years, 2 months, 22 days, 8/16/2013

Fastest First Practice Speed: #19-Carl Edwards 196.046mph

Kenseth wins Michigan pole: #20-Matt Kenseth won the Coors Light pole for the Pure Michigan 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway with speed of 197.488mph for his 3rd pole of 2015, 1st at Michigan and 16th of his career.
#11-Hamlin is on the outside pole followed by #19-Edwards, #3-Dillon, #14-Stewart, #18-Busch, #4-Harvick, #48-Johnson, #88-Earnhardt, Jr., #22-Logano, #5-Kahne, and #15-Bowyer.
It is the first ever 1-2-3 start for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Missing the race was: #62-Sorenson.(8-14-2015)

Qualifying Fast Facts - Michigan:
Matt Kenseth won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 46th Annual Pure Michigan 400 with a lap of 36.458 seconds, 197.488 mph.
This is his 16th pole in 567 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. He ties NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Jarrett and NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Curtis Turner for 45th on the all-time series poles list.
This is his third pole and 13th top-10 start in 2015. He matches a career-high in poles (2011 and 2013).
This is his first pole in 33 races at Michigan International Speedway. His previous best Michigan start was second in August of 2011.
Denny Hamlin (second) posted his 10th top-10 start of 2015 and his ninth in 20 races at Michigan International Speedway.
Carl Edwards (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Michigan International Speedway. It is his 13th in 23 races this season.
(NASCAR Statistics)(8-14-2015)

First Round of Qualifying for the Pure Michigan 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway is over, after all 44 drivers have made an attempt.
#20-Kenseth 195.988
#19-Edwards 195.881
#18-Busch 195.631
#11-Hamlin 195.535
#14-Stewart 195.122
the rest of the top 12: 4 3 22 48 5 88 15;
out of the top 12 and not advancing to round 2: 55 2 9 41 31 1 21 16 24 78 10 27 6 47 17 51 26 43 40 83 7 42 35 38 23 24 46 13 62 32 33 98.
Driver who will miss the race: #62-Sorenson.
(8-14-2015)

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 first practice speeds at Michigan, vehicles will line up on pit road for the first round, slowest to fastest -- 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)(7-15/26-2015)

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

Coverage of Qualifying for the Pure Michigan 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway is scheduled for Friday, August 14, 2015 at 5:05pm/et.
Television (TV): NBCSN, 5:00pm/et
Radio: Live online at Motor Racing Network (MRN)
Scheduled Qualifying Re-Air: none

Qualifying Progression of the Pure Michigan 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway:
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, 186.379, 1st round, failed to advance, did not qualify
#23-Yeley, 3rd out, 188.753, 1st round, failed to advance, starts 37th
#40-Cassill, 6th out, 190.049, 1st round, failed to advance, starts 31st
#26-Burton, 8th out, 190.713, 1st round, failed to advance, starts 29th
#17-Stenhouse, Jr., 14th out, 191.586, 1st round, failed to advance, starts 27th
#15-Bowyer, 18th out, 193.673, 1st round, advanced to final round, starts 12th
#48-Johnson, 29th out, 194.159, 1st round, advanced to final round, starts 8th
#22-Logano, 34th out, 194.537, 1st round, advanced to final round, starts 10th
#20-Kenseth, 35th out, 195.988, 1st round, advanced to final round, starts 1st
#15-Bowyer, 1st out in final round, 193.606, starts 12th
#88-Earnhardt, Jr., 2nd out in final round, 194.884, starts 9th
#48-Johnson, 4th out in final round, 195.228, starts 8th
#3-Dillon, 6th out in final round, 195.918, starts 4th
#11-Hamlin, 9th out in final round, 196.990, starts 2nd
#20-Kenseth, last out in final round, 197.488, WON Pole

Rookie of the Year Candidates Qualifying Results:
#26/23-Jeb Burton, starts 29th
#33-Alex Kennedy, did not race
#34/55-Brett Moffitt, starts 38th
#83-Matt DiBenedetto, starts 32nd

Friday practice for the Pure Michigan 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway is over after 145 scheduled minutes, the top-five, slowest, notes:
#19-Edwards 196.046
#4-Harvick 194.858
#3-Dillon 194.679
#14-Stewart 194.610
#11-Hamlin 194.133
slowest: #62-Sorenson 180.225 & #23-Yeley 178.138.
most laps run: #41-Busch, 42 laps
Notes: Matt Crafton is practicing the #43 for Aric Almirola. Almirola is ill, but plans to qualify the car.
Qualifying is scheduled for today at 5:05pm/et on NBCSN.
See fastest practice speeds, laps run on the Michigan 1st practice page (pdf).(8-14-2015)

Race info at: Race Info Page

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For the group qualifying rules and starting procedures, see the 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.