It was a glorious day here in Benderville today but it started off with a couple of glitches. First I didn’t notice the ice on my windshield and it ate a new pair of wiper blades. Then I pulled up to the mail box and the drivers window was frozen in the channel it destroyed the drive for the electric window. I know a guy who will fix it while I drive his Ridgeline...
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One of Matt Kenseth's stops in Los Angeles was to the famous Pink's Hot Dogs, where he helped in the kitchen. (Auto Club Speedway)
Kenseth tours country after Daytona 500 victory Made stops in Dallas, Los Angeles and San Francisco before Phoenix
Martin makes his mark with pole run at PIR
Earns MWR its eighth Cup pole; Stewart on front row for first time at Phoenix
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POS | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
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1 | 55 | Mark Martin | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 136.814 | 26.313 | Leader |
2 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | 136.126 | 26.446 | -0.133 |
3 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row / Farm American | 135.998 | 26.471 | -0.158 |
4 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools | 135.583 | 26.552 | -0.239 |
5 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 135.547 | 26.559 | -0.246 |
6 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Wix Filters | 135.491 | 26.570 | -0.257 |
7 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M Commercial Graphics | 135.074 | 26.652 | -0.339 |
8 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Rheem | 135.014 | 26.664 | -0.351 |
9 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 134.998 | 26.667 | -0.354 |
10 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | Farmers Insurance | 134.771 | 26.712 | -0.399 |
11 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Wheaties | 134.615 | 26.743 | -0.430 |
12 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's Ms. Brown | 134.564 | 26.753 | -0.440 |
13 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Office | 134.499 | 26.766 | -0.453 |
14 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Stanley | 134.449 | 26.776 | -0.463 |
15 | 22 | A.J. Allmendinger | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | 134.278 | 26.810 | -0.497 |
16 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 5-hour Energy | 134.268 | 26.812 | -0.499 |
17 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Kingsford / Scott Products | 134.058 | 26.854 | -0.541 |
18 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | Smithfield "Allez cuisine" | 134.048 | 26.856 | -0.543 |
19 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | Phoenix Construction Services | 133.939 | 26.878 | -0.565 |
20 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Tarkett / Menards | 133.814 | 26.903 | -0.590 |
21 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats | 133.764 | 26.913 | -0.600 |
22 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | Burger King | 133.665 | 26.933 | -0.620 |
23 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | 133.630 | 26.940 | -0.627 |
24 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Subway | 133.615 | 26.943 | -0.630 |
25 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Filters | 133.417 | 26.983 | -0.670 |
26 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Best Buy | 132.871 | 27.094 | -0.781 |
27 | 23 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | North Texas Pipe | 132.743 | 27.120 | -0.807 |
28 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 132.709 | 27.127 | -0.814 |
29 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew | 132.597 | 27.150 | -0.837 |
30 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger | 132.441 | 27.182 | -0.869 |
31 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | GEICO | 132.251 | 27.221 | -0.908 |
32 | 10 | David Reutimann | Chevrolet | Accell Construction | 132.231 | 27.225 | -0.912 |
33 | 26 | Josh Wise* | Ford | Morristown Driver's Service | 132.081 | 27.256 | -0.943 |
34 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | Barrett-Jackson | 132.057 | 27.261 | -0.948 |
35 | 249 | J.J. Yeley | Toyota | America Israel Racing | 131.685 | 27.338 | -1.025 |
36 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | Rick Santorum for President | 131.516 | 27.373 | -1.060 |
37 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Ford | Curb Records | 131.502 | 27.376 | -1.063 |
38 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves | 130.596 | 27.566 | -1.253 |
39 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | Speed Energy | 130.364 | 27.615 | -1.302 |
40 | 33 | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet | South Point Hotel & Casino | 128.824 | 27.945 | -1.632 |
41 | 93 | Travis Kvapil+ | Toyota | Burger King | 127.845 | 28.159 | -1.846 |
42 | 32 | Mike Bliss+ | Ford | U.S. Chrome / Southern Pride Trucking | 118.060 | 30.493 | -4.180 |
43 | 30 | David Stremme | Toyota | Inception Motorsports | 129.092 | 27.887 | -1.574 |
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44 | 37 | Timmy Hill* | Ford | Poynt.com | 128.967 | 27.914 | -1.601 |