Jimmie Johnson wins pole for Daytona 500
Quote selected text Published February 10th, 2008 in NASCAR News
Jimmie Johnson turned a lap of 187.075mph to earn the pole for next Sunday’s 50th running of the Daytona 500. Michael Waltrip will start on the outside of row 1. These are the only two spots that are locked into the race. The other positions will be determined in Thursday’s Daytona Duel twin races.
QUALIFYING RESULTS:
POS, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, SPEED, TIME, BEHIND
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 187.075 48.109 Leader
2 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS 186.734 48.197 -0.088
3 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 186.498 48.258 -0.149
4 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 186.463 48.267 -0.158
5 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 186.120 48.356 -0.247
6 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet Kellogg’s / CARQUEST 186.054 48.373 -0.264
7 28 Travis Kvapil Ford K&N Filters 185.958 48.398 -0.289
8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 185.947 48.401 -0.292
9 160 Boris Said Ford 7-Eleven Slurpee / No Fear 185.893 48.415 -0.306
10 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 185.858 48.424 -0.315
11 10 Patrick Carpentier Dodge Valvoline 185.766 48.448 -0.339
12 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 185.651 48.478 -0.369
13 6 David Ragan Ford AAA 185.594 48.493 -0.384
14 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT 185.517 48.513 -0.404
15 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet AMP Energy / National Guard 185.479 48.523 -0.414
16 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 185.475 48.524 -0.415
17 27 Jacques Villeneuve Toyota Bill Davis Racing 185.452 48.530 -0.421
18 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army 185.429 48.536 -0.427
19 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull 185.422 48.538 -0.429
20 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditRep
ort.com 185.410 48.541 -0.432
21 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota UPS 185.345 48.558 -0.449
22 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet State Water Heaters 185.193 48.598 -0.489
23 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 185.143 48.611 -0.502
24 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 185.071 48.630 -0.521
25 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal Cask No. 16 185.010 48.646 -0.537
26 01 Regan Smith Chevrolet Principal Financial Group 184.964 48.658 -0.549
27 187 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet Furniture Row
/ DenverMattress.com 184.953 48.661 -0.552
28 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Jim Beam 184.850 48.688 -0.579
29 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 184.828 48.694 -0.585
30 137 Eric McClure Chevrolet Hefty 184.828 48.694 -0.585
31 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M’s 184.809 48.699 -0.590
32 70 Jeremy Mayfield Chevrolet Junior Johnson’s Midnight Moon 184.612 48.751 -0.642
33 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 184.589 48.757 -0.648
34 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 184.540 48.770 -0.661
35 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Best Buy 184.521 48.775 -0.666
36 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 184.487 48.784 -0.675
37 49 Ken Schrader Dodge HealthLife.com 184.483 48.785 -0.676
38 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet PEAK / Menards 184.415 48.803 -0.694
39 40 Dario Franchitti Dodge Dodge Journey 184.351 48.820 -0.711
40 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 184.290 48.836 -0.727
41 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target 184.264 48.843 -0.734
42 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Texaco / Havoline 184.241 48.849 -0.740
43 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 184.226 48.853 -0.744
44 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel’s 184.106 48.885 -0.776
45 21 Bill Elliott Ford Little Debbie 184.090 48.889 -0.780
46 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 183.884 48.944 -0.835
47 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker 183.857 48.951 -0.842
48 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Makoto 183.673 49.000 -0.891
49 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Wells Fargo 183.374 49.080 -0.971
50 109 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 183.326 49.093 -0.984
51 96 J.J. Yeley Toyota DLP HDTV 182.994 49.182 -1.073
52 150 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet NOS Energy Drink / SKI / SBM 182.823 49.228 -1.119
53 08 Carl Long Dodge MILLSTAR Tools / Rhino’s Energy Drink 180.796 49.780 -1.671
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Joe Nemecheck 3rd, Boris Said 9th. The COT is serving its purpose.
So far, so good. Franco is right. The COT is working for now anyway. More research and time will make it even better. Just don’t buy your nose pieces from Evernham. (lol)
Come on 3rd title. Cale Yarborough…. you’re going to have a tag team partner come November.
JJ is off to a GREAT start. Let’s keep it up!
Go J go. You helped Jr win the Shootout and gave us a thrilling race now get the next one for yourself!!!! Anybody but Smoke!!!!!
It was amazing to see how happy the fans around us were that Jr won.
And Jimmie was crying he wasn’t fast enough on Friday. Sure, we believed you Jimmie.
They have to throw us off. If he went out there talking about how fast he was going to be… you’d all call him cocky. It’s a lose-lose situation for him with you all.
He’s the man. deal with it.
^everything Trey said!
Are they SURE the car was legal THIS time?
I hardly think that his car is ever REALLY on the mark, just too ironic. I am sure that if really looked at, again someone will be penalized, fined, and suspended. But, then again NASCAR seems to have big johnsons for Johnson anymore. Poor Gordon must be feeling left out. How disgusting is this sport getting, when cheating is ok and the cheater is given a free pass time and time again. Sick.
He’s a cheater! Plain and simple. That will never go away now, so how can you really root for that?
Guess its ok to ruin what use to be a real sport, now its all about who can bend the rules and get away with it, not to mention whine their way through things. But then again… Nascar seems to be all up on Johnson’s johnson now arent they. Poor Gordo must feel so left out. Sick
Oh my… what in the world is wrong with you people? JIMMIE JOHNSON IS NOT CHEATING. DEAL WITH IT. NASCAR would NOT let him get away with it…. If they were to let anybody get away with cheating, don’t you think it would be somebody with a lot more fanboys like Dale Jr? Jimmie Johnson made a name for himself from nowhere. He is THE best driver in Nascar. Like I said before… Deal with it.
Why would they let Hendrick cheat? To watch ratings plummet? Get real..
where would JJ be with out his trusty crew chief “chad I only work in the gray areas”
Not on the pole for sure…