▁last ed ▁ 4 5 ▁minutes , ▁while ▁the ▁second ▁last ed ▁ 6 0 . ▁Edwards ▁was ▁quick est ▁with ▁a ▁time ▁of ▁ 3 0 . 7 1 0 ▁seconds ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁session , ▁ 0 . 1 3 4 ▁seconds ▁faster ▁than ▁K yle ▁Bus ch . ▁Johnson ▁was ▁just ▁off ▁Bus ch ' s ▁pace , ▁followed ▁by ▁Matt ▁K ens eth , ▁Jam ie ▁Mc M ur ray , ▁and ▁Jeff ▁Gordon . ▁K ase y ▁K ah ne ▁was ▁sevent h , ▁still ▁within ▁a ▁second ▁of ▁Edwards ' s ▁time . ▁ ▁Fort y - five ▁cars ▁were ▁entered ▁for ▁qual ifying , ▁but ▁only ▁forty - three ▁could ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁race ▁because ▁of ▁NAS C AR ' s ▁qual ifying ▁procedure . ▁K ah ne ▁cl inch ed ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁pole ▁position ▁of ▁his ▁career , ▁with ▁a ▁time ▁of ▁ 3 0 . 5 2 5 ▁seconds . ▁He ▁was ▁joined ▁on ▁the ▁front ▁row ▁of ▁the ▁grid ▁by ▁Edwards . ▁Mc M ur ray ▁qualified ▁third , ▁Bill ▁Elli ott ▁took ▁fourth , ▁and ▁A . ▁J . ▁All m ending er ▁started ▁fifth . ▁Johnson , ▁David ▁Re ut im ann , ▁Mark ▁Martin , ▁David ▁R agan ▁and ▁Reg an ▁Smith ▁rounded ▁out ▁the ▁top ▁ten . ▁Ham lin ▁only ▁managed ▁ 3 7 th , ▁having ▁getting ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁wall . ▁The ▁two ▁drivers ▁that ▁failed ▁to ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁race ▁were