Denny Hamlin ottiene la seconda pole position del 2012 nella NASCAR Sprint Cup. Il driver del team Joe Gibbs Racing s’impone nelle qualifiche della Brickyard 400 realizzando un giro di 49″244 e battendo il precedente primato che era proprio del suo compagno di squadra Joey Logano che a sua volta chiude terzo.
A rovinare la festa Toyota, infatti, ci pensa Carl Edwards che al volante della sua Ford conquista un’ottima seconda posizione. Completano la top-5 Aric Almirola e Greg Biffle.
Il leader delle prove libere del weekend Kasey Kahne, invece, nel momento cruciale delle qualifiche ha qualche problema e non va oltre il 15esimo tempo. Solo 28esimo il campione in carica Tony Stewart.
Di seguito l’ordine d’arrivo:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Toyota 49.244s 2. Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Ford 49.455s + 0.211s 3. Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Toyota 49.517s + 0.273s 4. Aric Almirola Petty Ford 49.538s + 0.294s 5. Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Ford 49.578s + 0.334s 6. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Chevrolet 49.626s + 0.382s 7. Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Toyota 49.711s + 0.467s 8. Paul Menard Childress Chevrolet 49.720s + 0.476s 9. Jeff Gordon Hendrick Chevrolet 49.737s + 0.493s 10. Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Ford 49.819s + 0.575s 11. Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Chevrolet 49.831s + 0.587s 12. Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet 49.857s + 0.613s 13. Kurt Busch Phoenix Chevrolet 49.865s + 0.621s 14. Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet 49.869s + 0.625s 15. Kasey Kahne Hendrick Chevrolet 49.876s + 0.632s 16. Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet 49.879s + 0.635s 17. Martin Truex Jr Waltrip Toyota 49.880s + 0.636s 18. Trevor Bayne Wood Brothers Ford 49.892s + 0.648s 19. Mark Martin Waltrip Toyota 49.893s + 0.649s 20. Dale Earnhardt Jr Hendrick Chevrolet 49.932s + 0.688s 21. Jeff Burton Childress Chevrolet 49.951s + 0.707s 22. Brad Keselowski Penske Dodge 49.959s + 0.715s 23. Marcos Ambrose Petty Ford 49.980s + 0.736s 24. Sam Hornish Jr Penske Dodge 50.020s + 0.776s 25. Casey Mears Germain Ford 50.134s + 0.890s 26. David Stremme Inception Toyota 50.220s + 0.976s 27. Kevin Harvick Childress Chevrolet 50.309s + 1.065s 28. Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Chevrolet 50.318s + 1.074s 29. Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Toyota 50.331s + 1.087s 30. Travis Kvapil BK Toyota 50.408s + 1.164s 31. David Gilliland Front Row Ford 50.418s + 1.174s 32. Dave Blaney Baldwin Chevrolet 50.424s + 1.180s 33. Clint Bowyer Waltrip Toyota 50.443s + 1.199s 34. Scott Speed Leavine Ford 50.603s + 1.359s 35. Josh Wise Front Row Chevrolet 50.635s + 1.391s 36. David Ragan Front Row Ford 50.667s + 1.423s 37. Stephen Leicht Circle Sport Chevrolet 50.748s + 1.504s 38. Landon Cassill BK Toyota 50.750s + 1.506s 39. Mike Skinner Go Green Ford 50.878s + 1.634s 40. Scott Riggs R3 Chevrolet 50.888s + 1.644s 41. JJ Yeley Baldwin Chevrolet 50.985s + 1.741s 42. Ken Schrader FAS Lane Ford 51.497s + 2.253s 43. Mike Bliss Humphrey Smith Toyota 51.084s + 1.840s Did not qualify: Reed Sorenson Humphrey Smith Ford 51.250s + 2.006s Joe Nemechek NEMCO Toyota 51.387s + 2.143s Michael McDowell Parsons Ford 50.590s + 1.346s