Quicken Loans 400 Pole Winner: Marcos Ambrose

Qualifying Fast Facts
Michigan International Speedway
44th Annual Quicken Loans 400
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sat, June 16, 2012 @ 03:10 PM Eastern
Coors Light Pole Winner: Marcos Ambrose
Age: 35
Team : No. 9 - Stanley Ford
Owner: Richard Petty
Crew Chief: Todd Parrott
Marcos Ambrose won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 

44th Annual Quicken Loans 400

 with a lap of 35.426 seconds, 203.241 mph,

 a new track record.
This is his first pole in 134

 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
Ambrose becomes the fourth driver to win the pole 

with a lap over 200 mph.

 The others are Benny Parsons,

Cale Yarborough and Bill Elliott.
Ambrose's speed of 203.241 mph is the 

11th-fastest pole-winning speed 

in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history.
This is the first time the pole winning speed 

was faster than 200 mph 

at a track other than Talladega Superspeedway and

 Daytona International Speedway.
The last time the pole winning speed was over 

200 mph was July 1987 at Talladega.
Kevin Harvick (second) posted his eighth top-10 start of 2012

 and his eighth in 23 races at Michigan International Speedway.
Greg Biffle (third) posted his ninth top-10 start at 

Michigan International Speedway. 

 It is his 11th in 15 races this season.
40 drivers posted a faster lap than the previous 

Michigan track qualifying record of 194.232 mph,

 set by Ryan Newman in 2005.