Nascar Sprint Cup – Biffle agguanta la pole a Bristol

Il quarto appuntamento della Sprint Cup in scena a Bristol,  vedrà partire dalla pole Greg Biffle che sulla Ford Fusion #16 del Roush Fenway Racing, con il tempo di 15.324 secondi è riuscito a tenersi alle spalle AJ Allmendinger (Penske Racing), Ryan Newman (Stewart Haas Racing) e Jeff Gordon (Hendrick Motorsports).

Per il 42enne di Vancouver si tratta della decima pole in carriera, la prima conquistata a Bristol, e il quarto piazzamento in top-10 dall’inizio dell’anno.

Timmy Hill è stato l’unico a non qualificarsi nella giornata, mentre Robby Gordon si è ritirato a causa di problemi elettrici alla vettura.

Pos  Driver              Team/Car                     Time     Gap
 1.  Greg Biffle         Roush Fenway Ford            15.324s
 2.  AJ Allmendinger     Penske Dodge                 15.325s  + 0.001s
 3.  Ryan Newman         Stewart-HaasChevrolet        15.331s  + 0.007s
 4.  Jeff Gordon         Hendrick Chevrolet           15.340s  + 0.016s
 5.  Brad Keselowski     Penske Dodge                 15.367s  + 0.043s
 6.  Regan Smith         Furniture Row Chevrolet      15.373s  + 0.049s
 7.  Aric Almirola       Petty Ford                   15.385s  + 0.061s
 8.  Carl Edwards        Roush Fenway Ford            15.389s  + 0.065s
 9.  Joey Logano         Gibbs Toyota                 15.392s  + 0.068s
10.  Kasey Kahne         Hendrick Chevrolet           15.430s  + 0.106s
11.  Paul Menard         Childress Chevrolet          15.432s  + 0.108s
12.  Marcos Ambrose      Petty Ford                   15.433s  + 0.109s
13.  Kyle Busch          Gibbs Toyota                 15.452s  + 0.128s
14.  Kevin Harvick       Childress Chevrolet          15.461s  + 0.137s
15.  Martin Truex Jr     Waltrip Toyota               15.461s  + 0.137s
16.  Clint Bowyer        Waltrip Toyota               15.474s  + 0.150s
17.  Jamie McMurray      Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet  15.480s  + 0.156s
18.  Dale Earnhardt Jr   Hendrick Chevrolet           15.491s  + 0.167s
19.  David Reutimann     Baldwin Chevrolet            15.491s  + 0.167s
20.  Denny Hamlin        Gibbs Toyota                 15.495s  + 0.171s
21.  Matt Kenseth        Roush Fenway Ford            15.516s  + 0.192s
22.  Jimmie Johnson      Hendrick Chevrolet           15.532s  + 0.208s
23.  Tony Stewart        Stewart-HaasChevrolet        15.541s  + 0.217s
24.  Casey Mears         Germain Ford                 15.547s  + 0.223s
25.  Brian Vickers       Waltrip Toyota               15.547s  + 0.223s
26.  David Gilliland     Front Row Ford               15.566s  + 0.242s
27.  Kurt Busch          Chevrolet                    15.577s  + 0.253s
28.  David Stremme       Inception Toyota             15.589s  + 0.265s
29.  Landon Cassill      BK Toyota                    15.594s  + 0.270s
30.  Juan Pablo Montoya  Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet  15.601s  + 0.277s
31.  David Ragan         Front Row Ford               15.604s  + 0.280s
32.  Brendan Gaughan     Childress Chevrolet          15.617s  + 0.293s
33.  Jeff Burton         Childress Chevrolet          15.628s  + 0.304s
34.  Travis Kvapil       BK Toyota                    15.638s  + 0.314s
35.  Dave Blaney         Baldwin Chevrolet            15.646s  + 0.322s
36.  Bobby Labonte       JTG Daugherty Toyota         15.648s  + 0.324s
37.  Josh Wise           Front Row Ford               15.679s  + 0.355s
38.  Reed Sorenson       Turn One Chevrolet           15.691s  + 0.367s
39.  Michael McDowell    Parsons Ford                 15.732s  + 0.408s
40.  JJ Yeley            Robinson-Blakeney Toyota     15.750s  + 0.426s
41.  Joe Nemechek        NEMCO Toyota                 15.765s  + 0.441s
42.  Ken Schrader        FAS Lane Ford                15.907s  + 0.583s
43.  Scott Riggs         R3 Chevrolet                 15.809s  + 0.485s

Did not qualify:

     Timmy Hill          Rick Ware/Max Q Ford         15.953s  + 0.629s