Bojangles' Southern 500 Pole Winner: Greg Biffle

Qualifying Fast Facts
Darlington Raceway
63rd Annual Bojangles' Southern 500
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, May 11, 2012 

@ 06:28 PM Eastern
Coors Light Pole Winner: Greg Biffle
Age: 42
Team : No. 16 - 3M / OH / ES Ford
Owner: Jack Roush
Crew Chief: Matt Puccia
Greg Biffle won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 

63rd Annual Bojangles' Southern 500 with a lap 

of 27.281 seconds, 180.257 mph.
This is his 11th pole in 341 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his second pole and eighth top-10 start in 2012.
This is his second pole in 12 races at Darlington Raceway.

 His first pole at the track came in May 2008. 

Biffle led 95 laps in that race, but finished 43rd after engine trouble.
Biffle started in the top 10 in both of his 

Darlington wins, third in 2005 and ninth in 2009.
Jimmie Johnson (second) posted his sixth top-10 start 

of 2012 and his seventh in 14 races at Darlington Raceway.
Kasey Kahne (third) posted his eighth top-10 start 

at Darlington Raceway.  It is his 10th in 11 races this season.
 Josh Wise (30th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.