Catchfence

Denny Hamlin captured his 13th NASCAR Nationwide Series Coors Light Pole Award, as he ran a qualifying lap speed of 124.384 mph, for tonight’s Virginia 529 College Savings 250 race at Richmond International Raceway.

This was Hamlin’s first NNS pole of the season, and his second series pole at his home track.

Sharing the front row with Hamlin is fellow Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Kyle Busch, who ran a lap speed of 124.149 mph, and they will be followed to the drop of the green flag by Paul Menard (123.910) who will be starting third, Clint Bowyer (123.757) fourth, Brad Keselowski (123.643) fifth, Martin Truex Jr. (123.553) sixth, Mark Green (123.440) seventh, Scott Speed (123.276) eighth, Trevor Bayne (123.254) ninth and Greg Biffle (123.231) rounds out the top-10 starting positions.

Failed to make the field: #73 Derrike Cope; #05 Casey Atwood; #89 Morgan Shepherd and #52 Chris Lawson

2009 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 NNS Starting Lineup

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	20	Denny Hamlin	Z-Line Designs/Operation Helmet Toyota	21.707	124.384
2	18	Kyle Busch	Z-Line Designs/Racing For Kids Toyota	21.748	124.149
3	98	Paul Menard	Richmond/Menards Ford	21.79	123.91
4	29	Clint Bowyer	Holiday Inn Chevrolet	21.817	123.757
5	88	Brad Keselowski	Lipton Chevrolet	21.837	123.643
6	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Miccosukee Indian Gaming & Resort	21.853	123.553
7	49	Mark Green	GetMoreVacations.com Chevrolet	21.873	123.44
8	99	Scott Speed	Red Bull Toyota	21.902	123.276
9	11	Trevor Bayne	Ridemakerz Toyota	21.906	123.254
10	16	Greg Biffle	CitiFinancial Ford	21.91	123.231
11	91	Justin Hobgood	MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet	21.912	123.22
12	62	Brendan Gaughan #	USfidelis Chevrolet	21.916	123.198
13	47	Coleman Pressley	ConstructionJobs.com Toyota	21.919	123.181
14	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips/Comcast Toyota	21.952	122.996
15	32	David Reutimann	Dollar General Stores Toyota	21.964	122.928
16	27	Jason Keller	Depend/Family Dollar Ford	21.973	122.878
17	5	Scott Wimmer	Fastenal Chevrolet	22.002	122.716
18	33	Kevin Harvick	Jimmy John's Chevrolet	22.024	122.594
19	12	Justin Allgaier #	Verizon Wireless Dodge	22.026	122.582
20	78	Kevin Lepage	Derrike Cope Inc. Dodge	22.041	122.499
21	90	Johnny Chapman	MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet	22.055	122.421
22	70	Shelby Howard	ForeTravel Motorcoach Chevrolet	22.103	122.155
23	26	Michael McDowell #	Fischer Honda Dodge	22.119	122.067
24	40	Mike Bliss	Westerman Companies Chevrolet	22.126	122.028
25	6	Erik Darnell #	Northern Tool/Discount Tire Ford	22.132	121.995
26	7	Josh Wise	SK Motorsports Chevrolet	22.134	121.984
27	28	Kenny Wallace	U.S. Border Patrol Chevrolet	22.137	121.968
28	0	J.C. Stout	sponsordavis.com Chevrolet	22.139	121.957
29	66	Steve Wallace	5-hour Energy Chevrolet	22.178	121.742
30	72	Benny Gordon	VSI/Samuel & Sons/9/11 Memorial Ford	22.209	121.572
31	81	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	DH Girffin Companies Dodge	22.25	121.348
32	31	Travis Kittleson	Bob Steele Chevrolet Chevrolet	22.269	121.245
33	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet	22.286	121.152
34	61	Matthew Carter	Specialty Racing Ford	22.304	121.055
35	9	Travis Kvapil	Zaxby's Ford	22.309	121.027
36	15	Michael Annett #	Pilot Travel Centers Toyota	22.323	120.951
37	23	Robert Richardson Jr.	Mahindra Chevrolet	22.325	120.941
38	34	Tony Raines	Long John Silver's Chevrolet	22.33	120.914
39	60	Carl Edwards	Scotts Wild Bird Food Ford	22.339	120.865
40	10	Justin Marks	Braun Ability Toyota	Owner Points
41	1	Mike Wallace	Union Bank & Trust Chevrolet	Owner Points
42	24	Eric McClure	Hefty Ford	Owner Points
43	96	Dennis Setzer	ConelyAuto.com Dodge	22.366	120.719