Catchfence

Brad Keselowski, with a lap speed of 167.660 mph, captured the NNS Ford 300 Coors Light Pole Award at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

This was Keselowski’s 4th series pole of the 2011 season, his 12th series career pole and his 1st series pole at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Sharing the front row with Keselowski and starting second with a qualifying lap speed of 167.131 mph, will be Elliott Sadler, followed by Carl Edwards (166.888 mph) who will start third, series points leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (166.251) fourth and Justin Allgaier (166.128) will start fifth.

Rounding out the top-ten starting positions will be Clint Bowyer (165.894) starting sixth, Denny Hamlin (165.695) seventh, Trevor Bayne (165.629) eighth, Joey Logano (165.294) ninth and Aric Almirola (164.880) will start from the tenth position.

Failing to make the starting lineup were the the #44 driven by Jeff Green; #72 driven by Jake Crum; #50 driven by T.J. Bell; #49 driven by Mark Green; #13 driven by Jennifer Jo Cobb and the #75 driven by Johnny Chapman.

The Ford 300 is scheduled to get underway around 4:50 PM (ET) later this afternoon, with ESPN2 beginning their (pre-race) coverage at 4:00 PM (ET).

2011 NNS Ford 300 Starting Lineup

	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	22	Brad Keselowski(i)	Discount Tire Dodge	32.208	167.66
2	2	Elliott Sadler	OneMain Financial Chevrolet	32.31	167.131
3	60	Carl Edwards(i)	Fastenal/Wypall Ford	32.357	166.888
4	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Blackwell Angus Ford	32.481	166.251
5	31	Justin Allgaier	Brandt Chevrolet	32.505	166.128
6	33	Clint Bowyer(i)	Rhm Htng Cooling & Water Heating Chev	32.551	165.894
7	18	Denny Hamlin(i)	Z-Line Designs Toyota	32.59	165.695
8	16	Trevor Bayne	Ford Mustang Ford	32.603	165.629
9	20	Joey Logano(i)	GameStop/Afterglow Toyota	32.669	165.294
10	88	Aric Almirola	Grand Touring Vodka/Hard Rock Chevrolet	32.751	164.88
11	11	Brian Scott	Shore Lodge Toyota	32.857	164.349
12	7	Danica Patrick	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	32.906	164.104
13	12	Sam Hornish Jr.	Alliance Truck Parts Dodge	32.934	163.964
14	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips Chevrolet	32.988	163.696
15	62	Michael Annett	Pilot/Flying J Toyota	33.017	163.552
16	9	Kenny Wallace	Federated Auto Parts Toyota	33.024	163.517
17	19	Mike Bliss	Bruvado Chevrolet	33.058	163.349
18	81	Blake Koch #	Daystar.com Chevrolet	33.16	162.847
19	32	James Buescher(i)	Dollar General Chevrolet	33.235	162.479
20	4	Casey Roderick	Go Green Racing Ford	33.256	162.377
21	70	David Stremme(i)	Foretravel Chevrolet	33.283	162.245
22	97	Joe Nemechek	AM/FM Energy Pellet & Wood Stoves Toyota	33.289	162.216
23	82	Reed Sorenson	Foametix/Bullet Liner Dodge	33.33	162.016
24	67	Andrew Ranger	Go Canada Racing Ford	33.372	161.812
25	47	Josh Wise	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet	33.376	161.793
26	42	Scott Speed	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet	33.451	161.43
27	66	Steve Wallace	5-hour Energy Toyota	33.492	161.233
28	71	Matt Carter	Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet	33.502	161.184
29	51	Jeremy Clements	Clements Racing Engines Chevrolet	33.513	161.132
30	3	Scott Riggs	McKinney Pipe and Steel Chevrolet	33.515	161.122
31	1	Mike Wallace	I Hate Steven Singer Chevrolet	33.557	160.92
32	41	Stanton Barrett	Barcode Media/MyBrokenPalace.com Chev	33.606	160.686
33	15	Timmy Hill #	Poynt/Lilly Trucking Ford	33.64	160.523
34	14	Eric McClure	Hefty BlackOut/Reynolds Chevrolet	33.684	160.314
35	30	Nelson Piquet Jr.(i)	Bienvenidos a NASCAR Chevrolet	33.686	160.304
36	87	Kevin Conway	Extenze Toyota	33.804	159.744
37	23	Robert Richardson Jr.	Tia Rosa Chevrolet	33.869	159.438
38	39	Fain Skinner	Carport Empire Ford	33.901	159.287
39	89	Morgan Shepherd	Victory In Jesus Chevrolet	Owner Points
40	40	TJ Duke	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet	Owner Points
41	52	Kevin Lepage	Sunshine Plumbing Supplies Chevrolet	Owner Points
42	28	Derrike Cope	MAXelence Dodge	Owner Points
43	46	Chase Miller	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet	33.683	160.318

(i) Ineligible for Points in this Series
# Denotes Rookie
* Required to Qualify on Time