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Carl Edwards, with a qualifying lap speed of 175.467 mph, captured the NSCS Ford 400 Coors Light Pole Award at Homestead-Miami Speedway, while his competition for the championship, Tony Stewart, qualified 15th with a speed of 173.332 mph.

This was Edwards’ third series pole of the 2011 season, his tenth series career pole and his second series pole at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Starting on the outside pole in second with a qualifying lap speed of 174.808 mph, will be Martin Truex Jr., followed by Kasey Kahne (174.582 mph) who will start third, Kurt Busch (174.520) fourth and Brad Keselowski (174.492) will start fifth.

Rounding out the top-ten starting positions will be Matt Kenseth (174.475 mph) starting sixth, Jeff Gordon (174.436)  seventh, Greg Biffle (174.109) eighth, Jimmie Johnson (174.098) ninth and Denny Hamlin (173.969) will start from the tenth position.

Failing to make the starting lineup were the #46 driven by Scott Speed; #7 driven by Reed Sorenson; #37 driven by Mike Skinner; #36 driven by Geoffrey Bodine; #92 driven by Scott Riggs and the #93 driven by Grant Enfinger.

The green flag for the Ford 400 on Sunday is scheduled to drop around 3:20 PM (ET) and ESPN will begin their (pre-race) television coverage at 2:00 PM (ET).

2011 NSCS Ford 400 Starting Lineup

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac Ford	30.775	175.467
2	56	Martin Truex Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	30.891	174.808
3	4	Kasey Kahne	Red Bull Toyota	30.931	174.582
4	22	Kurt Busch	Shell Pennzoil Dodge	30.942	174.52
5	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite Dodge	30.947	174.492
6	17	Matt Kenseth	Crown Royal Ford	30.95	174.475
7	24	Jeff Gordon	Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet	30.957	174.436
8	16	Greg Biffle	3M/Novec Ford	31.015	174.109
9	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's Chevrolet	31.017	174.098
10	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Express Toyota	31.04	173.969
11	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet	31.051	173.907
12	43	A J Allmendinger	Best Buy Ford	31.082	173.734
13	6	David Ragan	UPS My Choice Ford	31.092	173.678
14	39	Ryan Newman	U.S. ARMY Chevrolet	31.147	173.371
15	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet	31.154	173.332
16	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Chevrolet	31.156	173.321
17	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet	31.164	173.277
18	9	Marcos Ambrose	Stanley Ford	31.165	173.271
19	18	Kyle Busch	Interstate Batteries Toyota	31.169	173.249
20	21	Trevor Bayne(i)	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford	31.185	173.16
21	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser Chevrolet	31.186	173.155
22	51	Landon Cassill(i)	Security Benefit/ThnkATchr Today Chevrolet	31.197	173.094
23	27	Paul Menard	Duracell/Menards Chevrolet	31.199	173.082
24	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Toyota	31.22	172.966
25	5	Mark Martin	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	31.234	172.889
26	1	Jamie McMurray	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet	31.268	172.701
27	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	31.276	172.656
28	0	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	31.318	172.425
29	84	Cole Whitt(i)	Kangaroo Express Toyota	31.324	172.392
30	55	J J Yeley	Ingersoll Rand Ford	31.397	171.991
31	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	31.428	171.821
32	20	Joey Logano	The Home Depot Toyota	31.453	171.685
33	66	Michael McDowell	HP Racing LLC Toyota	31.568	171.059
34	35	Dave Blaney	Golden Corral Chevrolet	31.574	171.027
35	47	Bobby Labonte	Reese Towpower Toyota	31.601	170.881
36	30	David Stremme	Inception Racing Chevrolet	31.601	170.881
37	87	Joe Nemechek(i)	AM/FM Energy Pellet & Wood Stoves Toyota	31.657	170.578
38	34	David Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports Ford	31.738	170.143
39	13	Casey Mears	Hard Rock Vodka Toyota	31.778	169.929
40	38	Travis Kvapil(i)	Long John Silver's Ford	Owner Points
41	32	T J Bell	GreenSmoke.com Ford	Owner Points
42	36	Geoffrey Bodine	Luke & Associates Chevrolet	Owner Points
43	71	Mike Bliss(i)	School Media Ford	31.776	169.94

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