Car 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota won the Coors Light pole award for Auto Club 400 with a time of 38.438 & speed of 187.315 mph. Matt Kenseth said “it was kinda unexpected, this knock out qualifying was a struggle last weekend coming in 29th in Las Vegas I haven’t been doing my job, we didn’t do much to strategize I just went as hard as I could. The track was changing & just stuck to our strategy Jason& this Dollar general group did a great job with adjustments & being ready for every round. Feels good being on the pole.
4th straight front row start for 2nd place Car 2 Brad Keselowski Wurth Ford time of 38.481 & speed of 187.105 mph. 3 place Car 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Spring is Calling Chevrolet time of 38.516 & speed of 186.935, 4 place Car 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John’s Chevrolet time of 38.523 & speed of 186.901 mph. 5 place Car 15 Clint Bowyer PEAK Toyota time of 38.614 & speed of 186.461
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying – Auto Club 400
Auto Club Speedway Fontana, California Friday, March 21, 2014
Time Trial Results Auto Club Speedway 18th Annual Auto Club 400
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Fri, March 21, 2014 @ 08:39 PM Eastern
Driver Date Time Speed
Track Qualifying Record: Kyle Busch 02/27/05 38.248 188.245
Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed mph
Qualifying Round: 3
1. Car 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 38.438 187.315
2. Car 2 Brad Keselowski Wurth Ford 38.481 187.105
3. Car 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Spring is Calling Chevrolet 38.516 186.935
4. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John’s Chevrolet 38.523 186.901
5. Car 15 Clint Bowyer PEAK Toyota 38.614 186.461
6. Car 24 Jeff Gordon Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet
7. Car 22 Joey Logano AAA Southern California Ford 38.653 186.273
8. Car 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 38.707 186.013
9. Car 99 Carl Edwards Subway Ford 38.735 185.878
10. Car 14 Tony Stewart Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 38.753 185.792
11. Car 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet 38.757 185.773
12. Car 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Chevrolet 38.767 185.725
Starting Line Up by Row
Auto Club Speedway
18th Annual Auto Club 400
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Fri, March 21, 2014 @ 09:00 PM Eastern
Driver Date Time Speed
Track Race Record: Tony Stewart 03/25/12 01:36:39 160.166
Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed
Row 1:
1 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 38.438 187.315
2 2 Brad Keselowski Wurth Ford 38.481 187.105
Row 2:
3 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Spring is Calling Chevrolet 38.516 186.935
4 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John’s Chevrolet 38.523 186.901
Row 3:
5 15 Clint Bowyer PEAK Toyota 38.614 186.461
6 24 Jeff Gordon Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet 38.630 186.384
Row 4:
7 22 Joey Logano AAA Southern California Ford 38.653 186.273
8 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 38.707 186.013
Row 5:
9 99 Carl Edwards Subway Ford 38.735 185.878
10 14 Tony Stewart Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 38.753 185.792
Row 6:
11 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet 38.757 185.773
12 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Chevrolet 38.767 185.725
Row 7:
13 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 38.851 185.323
14 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 38.853 185.314
Row 8:
15 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevrolet 38.858 185.290
16 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 38.875 185.209
Row 9:
17 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevrolet 38.884 185.166
18 47 AJ Allmendinger Charter Chevrolet 38.979 184.715
Row 10:
19 55 Brian Vickers TreatMyClot.com/Aaron’s Toyota 39.020 184.521
20 3 Austin Dillon Cheerios Chevrolet 39.139 183.960
Row 11:
21 43 Aric Almirola Farmland Ford 39.140 183.955
22 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford EcoBoost Ford 39.160 183.861
Row 12:
23 7 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Chevrolet 39.239 183.491
24 16 Greg Biffle 3M Aerospace Ford 38.899 185.095
Row 13:
25 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald’s Chevrolet 39.019 184.525
26 5 Kasey Kahne Time Warner Cable Chevrolet 39.062 184.322
Row 14:
27 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy/Get Found Chevrolet 39.067 184.299
28 51 Justin Allgaier Brandt Professional Agriculture Chevrolet 39.134 183.983
Row 15:
29 38 David Gilliland Love’s Travel Stops Ford 39.147 183.922
30 27 Matt Crafton(i) Duracell/Menards Chevrolet 39.207 183.641
Row 16:
31 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 39.220 183.580
32 30 Parker Kligerman Swan Energy Toyota 39.362 182.918
Row 17:
33 35 David Reutimann MDS Transport Ford 39.513 182.219
34 26 Cole Whitt # Swan Energy Toyota 39.664 181.525
Row 18:
35 32 Travis Kvapil SK Hand Tools Ford 39.668 181.507
36 36 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 39.699 181.365
Row 19:
37 33 Brian Scott(i) Whitetail Chevrolet Owner Points
38 98 Josh Wise Trench Shoring Company Chevrolet Owner Points
Row 20:
39 83 Ryan Truex Borla Exhaust Toyota Owner Points
40 23 Alex Bowman Dr.Pepper Toyota Owner Points
Row 21:
41 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford Owner Points
42 66 Joe Nemechek(i) Land Castle Title Toyota Owner Points
Row 22:
43 40 Landon Cassill(i) CRC Brakleen/FiberLock Chevrolet Owner Points
Did Not Qualify: None.
Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs
Chevrolet 22 0 Toyota 10 0
Ford 11 0
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series