Brickyard 400 Pole Winner: David Ragan

Qualifying Fast Facts
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
18th Annual Brickyard 400 presented by BigMachineRecords.com
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sat, July 30, 2011 @ 04:00 PM Eastern
Coors Light Pole Winner: David Ragan
Age: 25
Team : No. 6 - UPS/Hall Of Fame/Ned Jarrett Ford
Owner: John Henry
Crew Chief: Drew Blickensderfer
David Ragan won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 18th Annual Brickyard 400 presented by BigMachineRecords.com with a lap of 49.182 seconds, 182.994 mph.
This is his second pole in 166 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. His last pole came at Texas in April of this season.
This is his second pole and eighth top-10 start in 2011.
This is his first pole in five races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His previous best starting position was 16th in 2008.
Kasey Kahne (second) posted his 11th top-10 start of 2011 and his sixth in eight races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Jimmie Johnson (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  It is his eighth in 20 races this season.