Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the third Hendrick driver to earn a pole this season. Now maybe he can be the first to win a race.

POS, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, SPEED, TIME, BEHIND
1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / AMP Energy 190.907 28.286 Leader
2 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 189.487 28.498 -0.212
3 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 189.069 28.561 -0.275
4 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Samsung HDTV / ALLTEL 189.042 28.565 -0.279
5 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 188.772 28.606 -0.320

UPDATE:
Video of McDowell’s crash today:
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=XlGlLDaT9l0[/youtube] ——————————————————-

Qualifying has been halted at Texas Motor Speedway due a huge qualifying crash by MWR driver Michael McDowell. McDowell lost control of his Aaron’s Toyota Camry going into turn 1 and slammed violently into the Safer Barrier wall and then flipped several times.
McDowell got out of the car immediately [...]

Kyle Petty isn’t happy about the decision to replace him with rookie Chad McCumbee for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.

The slogan “Don’t Mess with Texas” is practically an invitation for Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing.