2015 May Pole Winner: #20-Matt Kenseth, 194.252mph, finished 4th

2014 October Pole Winner: #18-Kyle Busch, 197.390mph, finished 5th

Track Qualifying Record: Kurt Busch, Oct 2014, 198.771mph, set in 2nd round of qualifying

Coke 600 Qualifying Record: Denny Hamlin, May 2013, 195.624mph

500 mile Qualifying Record: Jeff Gordon, Oct 2013, 194.308mph

Youngest Pole Winner: Jeff Gordon, 22 years, 2 months, 6 days, 10/10/1993

Oldest Pole Winner: Bobby Allison, 49 years, 10 months, 8 days, 10/11/1987

Fastest Thursday Practice Speed: #4-Harvick, 193.500 mph

Kenseth wins Charlotte pole: #20-Matt Kenseth won the Coors Light pole for the Bank of America 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway with speed of 194.532mph for his 4th pole of 2015, 2nd at Charlotte and 17th of his career. Kenseth swept the poles at Charlotte in 2015, also winning the pole for the Coca-Cola 600 in May. Kenseth has won 4 races from the pole out of 16 previous poles.
#18-Busch is on the outside pole followed by #22-Logano, #16-Biffle, #11-Hamlin, #41-Busch, #48-Johnson, #19-Edwards, #43-Almirola, #31-Newman, #4-Harvick and #88-Earnhardt Jr.
Missing the race were: #32-Wise & #62-Hill.(10-8-2015)

Where the 2015 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers will start at Charlotte:
[listed by current driver points position]
1) #20-Matt Kenseth, starts 1st on the pole
2) #22-Joey Logano, 3rd
3) #11-Denny Hamlin, 5th
4) #19-Carl Edwards, 8th
5) #78-Martin Truex Jr., 15th
6) #41-Kurt Busch, 6th
7) #24-Jeff Gordon, 22nd
8) #2-Brad Keselowski, 13th
9) #18-Kyle Busch, 2nd
10) #31-Ryan Newman, 10th
11) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 12th
12) #4-Kevin Harvick, 11th
(10-8-2015)

Qualifying Fast Facts - Charlotte:
#20-Matt Kenseth won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 56th Annual Bank of America 500 with a lap of 27.759 seconds, 194.532 mph.
This is his 17th pole in 574 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his fourth pole and 16th top-10 start in 2015.
This is his second pole in 33 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway (both in 2015).
#18-Kyle Busch (second) posted his 14th top-10 start of 2015 and his 12th in 24 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
#22-Joey Logano (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is his 23rd in 30 races this season.
#34-Brett Moffitt (37th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR Statistics)(10-8-2015)

Second Round of Qualifying for the Bank of America 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway is over after 10 scheduled minutes.
#20-Kenseth 193.521
#22-Logano 193.119
#88-Earnhardt Jr. 193.002
#4-Harvick 192.995
#18-Busch 192.349
the rest of the top 12, will advance to final round: 11 16 31 43 41 48 19;
out of the top 12 and not advancing final round: 2 3 78 21 47 9 55 5 13 24 15 10
(10-8-2015)

First Round of Qualifying for the Bank of America 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway is over, after 20 scheduled minutes.
#4-Harvick 192.685
#88-Earnhardt Jr. 192.520
#18-Busch 192.465
#2-Keselowski 192.397
#20-Kenseth 192.362
the rest of the top 24: 19 21 41 5 48 24 31 3 9 22 16 78 11 55 43 10 13 15 47;
out of the top 24 and not advancing to round 2: 17 27 7 51 38 1 42 95 6 40 26 14 34 46 35 83 32 23 98 62 33
Drivers who will miss the race: #32-Wise & #62-Hill.
(10-8-2015)

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

Coverage of Qualifying for the Bank of America 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway is scheduled for Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 7:20pm/et.
Television (TV): NBCSN, 7:00pm/et
Radio: Live online at Performance Racing Network (PRN)
Scheduled Qualifying Re-Air: October 10 at 3:30pm/et on NBCSN

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: #4-Harvick, 192.685mph, starts 11th
Second Session: #20-Kenseth, 193.521, starts 1st
Final Session: #20-Kenseth, 194.532, starts 1st on the pole

Rookie of the Year Candidates Qualifying Results:
#23/26-Jeb Burton, starts 41st
#33-Alex Kennedy, starts 43rd
#34/55-Brett Moffitt, starts 37th
#83-Matt DiBenedetto, starts 40th

Thursday practice: for the Bank of America Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway is over. After 85 scheduled minutes, top five, slowest and notes:
#4-Harvick 193.500
#20-Kenseth 192.892
#16-Biffle 192.885
#22-Logano 192.458
#5-Kahne 192.321
slowest: #62-Hill 178.136 and #33-Kennedy 178.879
Most Lap run: #40-Cassill, 29; #33-Kennedy, 28
notes: #17-Stenhouse Jr. had a tire rub and slid up the track, almost hitting the wall, but saved it. Practice is being televised on NBCSN. Qualifying is scheduled for tonight at 7:20pm/et televised on NBCSN and radio at PRN and SiriusXM.
See fastest speeds, lap run, best 10 consecutive lap ave on the Charlotte practice 1 speeds page (pdf).(10-8-2015)

Race info at: Race Info Page

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All Time Sprint Cup Pole Winners

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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.