Saturday
2009 U.S. Cellular 250 NNS Starting Lineup
Timing & Scoring
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. put himself on the pole Saturday afternoon for the NNS U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway, when he ran a qualifying lap speed of 135.135 mph (establishing a new track record for this event).
Stenhouse , who received his first series career pole, was followed by two Raybestos Rookie contenders Justin Allgaier (135.135) who will share the front row with Stenhouse, and Erik Darnell (135.066) who will start third.
Trevor Bayne (135.025) was fourth fastest in qualifying and will be followed by Brad Coleman (134.707) fifth, Stephen Leicht (134.615) sixth, Scott Wimmer (134.558) seventh, Steve Wallace (134.466) eighth, another Raybestos Rookie contender Michael McDowell (134.466 ) starts ninth and Mike Bliss (134.111) rounds out the top-10 starters.
Failed to make the field were the #70 of Shelby Howard; #77 of Peyton Sellers; #75 of Kenny Hendrick; #78 of Derrike Cope; #96 of Andy Ponstein; #52 of Jack Smith and the #58 of Chris Horn.
2009 U.S. Cellular 250 NNS Starting Lineup
| Pos | Car | Driver | Team | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 3M Ford | 23.31 | 135.135 |
| 2 | 12 | Justin Allgaier # | Verizon Wireless Dodge | 23.31 | 135.135 |
| 3 | 6 | Erik Darnell # | Northern Tool + Equipment Ford | 23.322 | 135.066 |
| 4 | 99 | Trevor Bayne | Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota | 23.329 | 135.025 |
| 5 | 20 | Brad Coleman | BigSpot.com Toyota | 23.384 | 134.707 |
| 6 | 29 | Stephen Leicht | Holiday Inn Chevrolet | 23.4 | 134.615 |
| 7 | 5 | Scott Wimmer | Fastenal Chevrolet | 23.41 | 134.558 |
| 8 | 66 | Steve Wallace | USfidelis Chevrolet | 23.426 | 134.466 |
| 9 | 26 | Michael McDowell # | Fischer Honda Dodge | 23.426 | 134.466 |
| 10 | 1 | Mike Bliss | Miccosukee Indn Gmng & Rsrt Chevrolet | 23.488 | 134.111 |
| 11 | 88 | Brad Keselowski | GoDaddy.com Chevrolet | 23.512 | 133.974 |
| 12 | 10 | Kelly Bires | Fraternal Order of Eagles Toyota | 23.517 | 133.946 |
| 13 | 27 | Jason Keller | Cottonelle/HyVee Ford | 23.518 | 133.94 |
| 14 | 90 | Johnny Chapman | MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet | 23.52 | 133.929 |
| 15 | 38 | Jason Leffler | Great Clips Toyota | 23.539 | 133.82 |
| 16 | 2 | Austin Dillon | High Point University Chevrolet | 23.554 | 133.735 |
| 17 | 11 | Scott Lagasse Jr. # | America's Incrdble Pzza/Ft Brn Tys Toyota | 23.558 | 133.713 |
| 18 | 34 | Kevin Hamlin | Long John Silver's Chevrolet | 23.559 | 133.707 |
| 19 | 49 | Mark Green | GetMoreVacations.com Chevrolet | 23.563 | 133.684 |
| 20 | 83 | John Borneman III | Borneman Plastering/Twisted X Boots Ford | 23.563 | 133.684 |
| 21 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan # | 5-Hour Energy ES Chevrolet | 23.577 | 133.605 |
| 22 | 5 | Casey Atwood | 31-W Insulation Ford | 23.583 | 133.571 |
| 23 | 23 | Ken Butler # | Aaron's Dream Machine Chevrolet | 23.613 | 133.401 |
| 24 | 28 | Kenny Wallace | U.S. Border Patrol Chevrolet | 23.633 | 133.288 |
| 25 | 72 | Benny Gordon | VSI / Samuel & Sons Ford | 23.641 | 133.243 |
| 26 | 47 | Coleman Pressley | ConstructionJobs.com Toyota | 23.659 | 133.142 |
| 27 | 18 | Jeremy Clements | Pizza Ranch Toyota | 23.674 | 133.057 |
| 28 | 40 | Aric Almirola | Westerman Companies Chevrolet | 23.677 | 133.041 |
| 29 | 32 | Brian Ickler | Dollar General Toyota | 23.683 | 133.007 |
| 30 | 9 | John Wes Townley # | Zaxby's Ford | 23.731 | 132.738 |
| 31 | 0 | Kertus Davis | sponsordavis.com Chevrolet | 23.755 | 132.604 |
| 32 | 91 | Chase Miller | MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet | 23.759 | 132.581 |
| 33 | 1 | Danny O'Quinn Jr. | Meskwaki Bingo-Casino-Hotel Chevrolet | 23.768 | 132.531 |
| 34 | 33 | Cale Gale | Jimmy John's Chevrolet | 23.77 | 132.52 |
| 35 | 73 | Kevin Lepage | Iowa House Bed & Breakfast Dodge | 23.774 | 132.498 |
| 36 | 15 | Michael Annett # | Northland Toyota | 23.821 | 132.236 |
| 37 | 61 | Matthew Carter | Specialty Racing Ford | 23.917 | 131.705 |
| 38 | 81 | Sean Murphy | D.H. Griffin Companies Dodge | 23.948 | 131.535 |
| 39 | 24 | Eric McClure | Hefty Ford | Owner Points | |
| 40 | 60 | Auggie Vidovich | CitiFinancial Ford | Owner Points | |
| 41 | 87 | Jeff Fuller | Nemco Motorsports Chevrolet | Owner Points | |
| 42 | 7 | Mike Harmon | PMC Life Chevrolet | Owner Points | |
| 43 | 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Eldora Speedway / Lagina Plumbing Chevrolet | 23.86 | 132.02 |
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