Catchfence

David Reutimann took the Coors Light Pole Award on Friday at Texas Motor Speedway with a speed of 190.517 m.p.h. Sharing the outside row with Reutimann, and with a qualifying speed of 190.194 m.p.h, is the current series points leader, Jeff Gordon. The remaining top-10 starters are: Matt Kenseth (189.954) in 3rd; David Ragan (189.934) in 4th; Paul Menard (189.907) in 5th; Kasey Kahne (189.900) in 6th; Tony Stewart (189.807) in 7th; Kyle Busch (189.427) in 8th; defending series champion Jimmie Johnson (189.421) in 9th and rookie Joey Logano (189.268) rounding out the top-10. Failing to make the Samsung 500 field were: Joe Nemechek; rookie Scott Speed; Jeremy Mayfield; Todd Bodine and Scott Riggs.

2009 Samsung 500 Starting Lineup

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	0	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	28.344	190.517
2	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont/National Guard GED Plus Chevrolet	28.392	190.194
3	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Ford	28.428	189.954
4	6	David Ragan	UPS Ford	28.431	189.934
5	98	Paul Menard	Quaker State/Menards Ford	28.435	189.907
6	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser Dodge	28.436	189.9
7	14	Tony Stewart	Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet	28.45	189.807
8	18	Kyle Busch	Interstate Batteries Toyota	28.507	189.427
9	48	Jimmie Johnson	Kobalt Tools Chevrolet	28.508	189.421
10	20	Joey Logano #	Home Depot Toyota	28.531	189.268
11	47	Marcos Ambrose	Clorox Toyota	28.538	189.221
12	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Mobil 1 Dodge	28.539	189.215
13	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac Ford	28.545	189.175
14	16	Greg Biffle	3M Ford	28.548	189.155
15	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	28.553	189.122
16	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	28.593	188.857
17	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet	28.597	188.831
18	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Toyota	28.605	188.778
19	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios/Hambuger Helper Chevrolet	28.606	188.772
20	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet	28.61	188.745
21	39	Ryan Newman	U.S. ARMY Chevrolet	28.628	188.627
22	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground Toyota	28.641	188.541
23	5	Mark Martin	Cheez-It/CARQUEST Chevrolet	28.645	188.515
24	96	Bobby Labonte	Ask.com Ford	28.652	188.469
25	44	A J Allmendinger	Super 8 Dodge	28.678	188.298
26	34	John Andretti	MyAutoLoan.com Chevrolet	28.679	188.291
27	9	Mike Bliss	Miccosukee Indian Gaming & Resort Dodge	28.722	188.009
28	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite Dodge	28.731	187.95
29	7	Robby Gordon	Jim Beam Toyota	28.739	187.898
30	71	David Gilliland	Capital Window Chevrolet	28.749	187.833
31	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet	28.772	187.682
32	12	David Stremme	No. 12 Penske Dodge Dodge	28.801	187.493
33	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Chevrolet	28.802	187.487
34	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Toyota	28.83	187.305
35	7	Casey Mears	Jack Daniel's Chevrolet	28.834	187.279
36	26	Jamie McMurray	Valvoline/Sears Ford	28.84	187.24
37	21	Bill Elliott	Motorcraft Ford	28.871	187.039
38	43	Reed Sorenson	McDonald's Dodge	28.885	186.948
39	13	Max Papis #	GEICO Toyota	28.955	186.496
40	25	Brad Keselowski	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	28.977	186.355
41	8	Aric Almirola	Guitar Hero Metallica Chevrolet	29.008	186.156
42	19	Elliott Sadler	Best Buy Dodge	Owner Points
43	66	Dave Blaney	Prism Motorsports Toyota	29.015	186.111

# Denotes Rookie