April 2015 Pole Winner: #41-Kurt Busch, 193.847mph, finished 14th

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: ##2-Keselowski, 197.0594 mph

Keselowski wins Texas pole: #2-Brad Keselowski won the Coors Light pole for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway with speed of 196.929mph for his 3rd pole of 2015, 1st at Texas and 11th of his career. Keselowski has won 2 races from the pole out of 10 previous poles.
#4-Harvick is on the outside pole followed by #18-Busch, #22-Logano, #42-Larson, #20-Jones, #41-Busch, #48-Johnson, #11-Hamlin, #88-Earnhardt, Jr., #10-Patrick, and #16-Biffle.
Missing the race were: #32-Gase & #62-Sorenson.(11-6-2015)

Where the 2015 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers will start at Texas:
[listed by current driver points position]
1) #24-Jeff Gordon, 18th
2) #18-Kyle Busch, 3rd
3) #78-Martin Truex Jr., 23rd
4) #4-Kevin Harvick, 2nd
5) #19-Carl Edwards, 13th
6) #2-Brad Keselowski, 1st POLE
7) #41-Kurt Busch, 7th
8) #22-Joey Logano, 4th
(10-6-2015)

Qualifying Fast Facts - Texas:
Brad Keselowski won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 11th Annual AAA Texas 500 with a lap of 27.421 seconds, 196.929 mph.
This is his 11th pole in 231 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his third pole and 21st top-10 start in 2015.
This is his first pole in 15 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kevin Harvick (second) posted his 23rd top-10 start of 2015 and his sixth in 26 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kyle Busch (third) posted his 10th top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 17th in 23 races this season.
Brett Moffitt (35th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR Statistics)(11-6-2015)

Second Round of Qualifying for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is over after 10 scheduled minutes.
#2-Keselowski 197.455
#22-Logano 196.671
#4-Harvick 196.542
#41-Busch 196.150
#18-Busch 196.078
the rest of the top 12: 48 11 42 20 88 16 10;
out of the top 12 and not advancing to round 3: 19 15 55 5 13 24 31 27 33 14 78 43
(11-6-2015)

First Round of Qualifying for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is over, after 20 scheduled minutes.
#2-Keselowski 198.282
#22-Logano 197.260
#14-Stewart 197.260
#41-Busch 197.246
#18-Busch 197.116
the rest of the top 24: 88 11 15 42 31 20 48 27 5 4 13 24 10 43 16 19 55 78 33;
out of the top 24 and not advancing to round 2: 21 3 1 17 6 47 7 9 95 26 34 40 46 83 35 23 38 98 32 51 62
Drivers who will miss the race: #32-Gase, #62-Sorenson.
(11-6-2015)

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

Coverage of Qualifying for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is scheduled for Friday, November 6, 2015 at 6:45pm/et.
Television (TV): TBA, 6:30pm/et
Radio: Live online at Performance Racing Network (PRN)
Scheduled Qualifying Re-Air:
TBA

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: #2-Keselowski, 198.282mph, starts 1st
Second Session: #2-Keselowski, 197.455mph, starts 1st
Final Session: #2-Keselowski, 196.929mph, starts 1st on the pole

Rookie of the Year Candidates Qualifying Results:
#23/26-Jeb Burton, starts 40th
#33-Alex Kennedy, DNR. Brian Scott in the car
#34/55-Brett Moffitt, starts 35th
#83-Matt DiBenedetto, starts 38th

Friday practice: for the AAA Texas 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is over. After 85 scheduled minutes, top five, slowest and notes:
#2-Keselowski 197.059
#4- Harvick 196.421
#19-Edwards 196.249
#42-Larson 196.128
#22-Logano 196.000
slowest: #62-Sorenson 187.201 & #98-Preece 185.727.
most laps run: #40-Cassill, 32 laps
note: Qualifying will be this evening at 6:45pm/et. It will be shown on NBCSN.
See fastest speeds, lap run, best 10 consecutive lap ave on the Texas practice 1 speeds page (pdf).(11-6-2015)

Race info at: Race Info Page

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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 [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.