Aaron's 499 Pole Winner: Jeff Gordon

Qualifying Fast Facts
Talladega Superspeedway
43rd Annual Aaron's 499 
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sat, May 05, 2012 

@ 02:28 PM Eastern
Coors Light Pole Winner: Jeff Gordon
Age: 40
Team : No. 24 - DuPont Chevrolet
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
Jeff Gordon won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 43rd Annual

 Aaron's 499  with a lap of 49.973 seconds, 191.623 mph.
This is his 71st pole in 663 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

 Gordon ranks third on the all-time series poles list.
Gordon has now won at least one pole in 

20 consecutive seasons, tying David Pearson for the 

longest streak all-time. His first pole came in 1993 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2012.
This is his third pole in 39 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
AJ Allmendinger (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of

 2012 and his second in eight races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Marcos Ambrose (third) posted his first top-10 start 

at Talladega Superspeedway.  It is his third in ten races this season.