 Although forty @-@ eight drivers were entered in the qualifier ; according to NASCAR 's qualifying procedure , only forty @-@ three could race . Each driver ran two laps , with the starting order determined by the competitor 's fastest times . Reutimann clinched his second pole position in the Sprint Cup Series , with a time of 28 @.@ 344 . He was joined on the grid 's front row by Jeff Gordon . Matt Kenseth qualified third , Ragan took fourth , and Paul Menard started fifth . Kahne , Tony Stewart , Kyle Busch , Johnson and Joey Logano rounded out the top ten qualifiers . The five drivers who failed to qualify were Joe Nemechek , Scott Speed , Jeremy Mayfield , Todd Bodine and Scott Riggs . After the qualifier Reutimann said , " We had a great car all day , right off the truck . This pole reminds me of how much things have changed for me in the past few years . I didn 't make the field here two years ago , during a bad time in my racing career . " 
