Jeff Gordon grabs his first ever Texas pole

Jeff Gordon has never sat on the Cup Series pole at Texas Motor Speedway, until this weekend that is. Points leader Jimmie Johnson didn’t have the help of a rain out, and will start 7th on Sunday. Roush Fenway drivers and second/third in points Carl Edwards will start 16th, and Greg Biffle 19th.
1 24 Jeff Gordon
2 1 Martin Truex Jr.
3 07 Clint Bowyer
4 26 Jamie McMurray
5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
6 17 Matt Kenseth
7 48 Jimmie Johnson
8 20 Tony Stewart
9 41 Reed Sorenson
10 66 Scott Riggs
11 15 Paul Menard
12 44 David Reutimann
13 83 Brian Vickers
14 5 Casey Mears
15 55 Michael Waltrip
16 99 Carl Edwards
17 11 Denny Hamlin
18 6 David Ragan
19 16 Greg Biffle
20 8 Mark Martin

21 77 Sam Hornish Jr.
22 7 Robby Gordon
23 29 Kevin Harvick
24 47 Marcos Ambrose
25 01 Regan Smith
26 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
27 78 Joe Nemechek
28 9 Kasey Kahne
29 18 Kyle Busch
30 19 Elliott Sadler
31 12 Ryan Newman
32 96 Ken Schrader
33 84 Scott Speed
34 38 David Gilliland
35 43 Bobby Labonte
36 10 A J Allmendinger
37 25 Brad Keselowski
38 31 Jeff Burton
39 21 Bill Elliott
40 2 Kurt Busch
41 22 Dave Blaney
42 28 Travis Kvapil
43 02 Joey Logano

Did Not Qualify:# 70 Tony Raines; # 40 Bryan Clauson; # 45 Chad McCumbee; # 13 Max Papis; # 08 Johnny Sauter.