Tony Stewart put Chevrolet SS on the pole for Sunday’s Duck Commander 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS). He circled the 1.5-mile track with a fast lap of 27.628 seconds, 195.454 mph. It marked Stewart’s first pole since Atlanta 2012, his second at Texas Motor Speedway, and 15th career pole in the sport.
The afternoon session at TMS followed the new 2014 knockout qualifying format for intermediate sized tracks, which consisted of one 25-minute session, one 10-minute session, and a final five-minute session for the fastest 12 cars. Five Chevrolet SS drivers earned spots in the top 12 starting positions for the 501-mile race.
Kevin Harvick qualified third in his No. 4 Jimmy John’s Chevrolet SS, putting two Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet SSs in the top three. In the first round of qualifying, Harvick set a new track record of 198.282 mph.
POS | Car # | Driver | Make |
1 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet |
2 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford |
3 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet |
4 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford |
5 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford |
6 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota |
7 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford |
8 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet |
9 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford |
10 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford |
11 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet |
12 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet |
13 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet |
14 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet |
15 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet |
16 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet |
17 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford |
18 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr | Chevrolet |
19 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet |
20 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet |
21 | 13 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet |
22 | 51 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet |
23 | 55 | Brian Vickers | Toyota |
24 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet |
25 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota |
26 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Toyota |
27 | 7 | Michael Annett | Chevrolet |
28 | 95 | Michael McDowell | Ford |
29 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota |
30 | 23 | Alex Bowman | Toyota |
31 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford |
32 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet |
33 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet |
34 | 35 | David Reutimann | Ford |
35 | 77 | Dave Blaney | Ford |
36 | 30 | Parker Kligerman | Toyota |
37 | 32 | Travis Kvapil | Ford |
38 | 36 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet |
39 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford |
40 | 40 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet |
41 | 98 | Josh Wise | Chevrolet |
42 | 26 | Cole Whitt | Toyota |
43 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford |