Backstretch Motorsports

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Samsung 500
Texas Motor Speedway
Qualifying Fast Facts

Pole Winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Age: 33
Team: No. 88 National Guard/Amp Energy Drink Chevrolet
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Crew Chief: Tony Eury Jr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Samsung 500 with a lap of 28.286 seconds, 190.097 mph.
This is his eighth pole in 298 career NASCAR Sprint Cup races. His most recent pole was at Pocono in August 2007.
This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2008.

Earnhardt posted his second pole and sixth top-10 start in 12 races at Texas. It is his first start better than seventh in his last 10 races here.
Carl Edwards posted the second-fastest qualifying time with a lap of 28.498 seconds, 189.487 mph. This is his first start better than 10th in seven Texas races.
Kyle Busch (third) posted his second top-10 starts in seven races at Texas. His other top-10 start was fifth in April 2007 when qualifying was canceled.
David Reutimann (sixth) was the fastest of the drivers required to make the field on time.
Sam Hornish Jr. (17th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Starting Line Up by Row
Texas Motor Speedway
SAMSUNG 500
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, April 04, 2008 @ 06:28 PM Central
Driver Date Time Speed
Track Race Record: Carl Edwards 11/06/05 03:19:00 151.055
Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed
Row 1: 1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet 28.286 190.907
2 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 28.498 189.487
Row 2: 3 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 28.561 189.069
4 12 Ryan Newman alltel/Samsung Dodge 28.565 189.043
Row 3: 5 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 28.606 188.772
6 44 David Reutimann UPS Toyota 28.612 188.732
Row 4: 7 6 David Ragan AAA Insurance Ford 28.642 188.534
8 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt Ford 28.651 188.475
Row 5: 9 84 Mike Skinner Red Bull Toyota 28.664 188.390
10 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser Dodge 28.686 188.245
Row 6: 11 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge 28.699 188.160
12 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 28.702 188.140
Row 7: 13 66 Scott Riggs State Water Heaters Chevrolet 28.722 188.009
14 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 28.725 187.990
Row 8: 15 7 Robby Gordon Jim Beam Dodge 28.734 187.931
16 16 Greg Biffle Dish Network Ford 28.744 187.865
Row 9: 17 77 Sam Hornish Jr. # Mobil 1 Dodge 28.763 187.741
18 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 28.783 187.611
Row 10: 19 15 Paul Menard Menards/Quaker State Chevrolet 28.785 187.598
20 55 Michael Waltrip NAPA Toyota 28.786 187.591
Row 11: 21 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet 28.801 187.493
22 5 Casey Mears Cheez-It/CARQUEST Chevrolet 28.804 187.474
Row 12: 23 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 28.829 187.311
24 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Toyota 28.847 187.195
Row 13: 25 07 Clint Bowyer Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet 28.853 187.156
26 19 Elliott Sadler Best Buy Dodge 28.876 187.007
Row 14: 27 10 Patrick Carpentier # Valvoline Dodge 28.880 186.981
28 21 Bill Elliott Motorcraft Ford 28.881 186.974
Row 15: 29 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Toyota 28.885 186.948
30 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios Racing/Sam’s Club Dodge 28.887 186.935
Row 16: 31 8 Mark Martin U.S. Army Chevrolet 28.909 186.793
32 26 Jamie McMurray Crown Royal Cask No. 16 Ford 28.932 186.645
Row 17: 33 96 JJ Yeley DLP HDTV Toyota 28.998 186.220
34 01 Regan Smith # Dale Earnhardt, Inc./Principal Chevrolet 29.025 186.047
Row 18: 35 31 Jeff Burton Prilosec OTC Chevrolet 29.033 185.995
36 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 29.071 185.752
Row 19: 37 34 John Andretti Chevrolet 29.084 185.669
38 28 Travis Kvapil Yates Racing Ford 29.090 185.631
Row 20: 39 70 Jeremy Mayfield Haas Automation Chevrolet 29.134 185.350
40 00 Michael McDowell # Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota Owner Points
Row 21: 41 38 David Gilliland Yates Racing Ford Owner Points
42 41 Reed Sorenson Target Dodge Owner Points
Row 22: 43 78 Joe Nemechek Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 29.159 185.192
Did Not Qualify: # 40 Dario Franchitti #; # 45 Chad McCumbee; # 08 Burney Lamar.
Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs
Chevrolet 15 0 Ford 8 0
Dodge 10 3 Toyota 10 0