Carl Edwards wins Bristol pole: #19-Carl Edwards won the Coors Light pole for the Food City 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway with speed of 127.997mph for his 2nd pole of 2016, 2nd straight pole, 3rd at Bristol and 18th of his career. Edwards has won two races from the pole in 17 tries, including winning Bristol from the pole in August 2008.#20-Kenseth will start 2nd, followed by #22-Logano, #11-Hamlin, #18-Busch, #48-Johnson, #4-Harvick, #78-Truex Jr., #47-Allmendinger, #6-Bayne, #5-Kahne and #2-Keselowski.
#22-Logano was fastest in the first round with a speed of 128.408mph and will start 3rd.
#18-Busch topped the second round with a speed of 127.258 and will start 5th.
Since the maximum of 40 cars entered the race, everyone made the race.
Bristol Motor Speedway - Qualifying Fast Facts: #19-Carl Edwards won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 56th Annual Food City 500 with a lap of 14.991 seconds, 127.997 mph.
This is his 18th pole in 417 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his second pole and sixth top-10 start in 2016.
This is his third pole in 24 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
#20-Matt Kenseth (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2016 and his 14th in 33 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
#22-Joey Logano (third) posted his 13th top-10 start at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his seventh in eight races this season.
Race Chatter guest and friend #21-Ryan Blaney (18th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
Source:
(NASCAR Statistics)(4-15-2016)
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