2009 Kobalt Tools 500
Qualifying

2009 Kobalt Tools 500

Section Title: Qualifying
Table Section Text: None

Grid	Car	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed

1	5	Mark Martin	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	29.640	187.044

2	2	Kurt Busch	Penske Championship Racing	Dodge	29.748	186.365

3	26	Jamie McMurray	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	29.757	186.309

4	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	29.773	186.209

5	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	29.777	186.184

6	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	29.780	186.165

7	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	29.798	186.053

8	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	29.819	185.922

9	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	29.824	185.891

10	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	29.833	185.835

11	14	Tony Stewart	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	29.848	185.741

12	39	Ryan Newman	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	29.874	185.579

13	9	Kasey Kahne	Richard Petty Motorsports	Dodge	29.898	185.430

14	19	Elliott Sadler	Richard Petty Motorsports	Dodge	29.913	185.337

15	31	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	29.922	185.282

16	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	29.924	185.269

17	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Racing Team	Toyota	29.976	184.948

18	00	David Reutimann	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	29.989	184.868

19	7	Robby Gordon	Robby Gordon Motorsports	Toyota	30.023	184.658

20	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	30.049	184.499

21	33	Clint Bowyer	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	30.049	184.499

22	28	Travis Kvapil	Yates Racing	Ford	30.088	184.260

23	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	30.113	184.107

24	55	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	30.129	184.009

25	7	Casey Mears	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	30.130	184.003

26	82	Scott Speed	Red Bull Racing Team	Toyota	30.134	183.978

27	66	Dave Blaney	Prism Motorsports	Toyota	30.139	183.948

28	12	David Stremme	Penske Championship Racing	Dodge	30.143	183.923

29	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	30.150	183.881

30	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	30.164	183.795

31	71	David Gilliland	TRG Motorsports	Chevrolet	30.169	183.765

32	43	Reed Sorenson	Richard Petty Motorsports	Dodge	30.171	183.753

33	98	Paul Menard	Yates Racing	Ford	30.248	183.285

34	47	Marcos Ambrose	JTG Daugherty Racing	Toyota	30.250	183.273

35	21	Bill Elliott	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	30.251	183.267

36	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Penske Championship Racing	Dodge	30.254	183.249

37	8	Aric Almirola	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	30.306	182.934

38	44	A. J. Allmendinger	Richard Petty Motorsports	Dodge	30.308	182.922

39	6	David Ragan	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	30.319	182.8561

40	96	Bobby Labonte	Hall of Fame Racing	Ford	30.331	182.753

41	34	John Andretti	Front Row Motorsports	Chevrolet	30.358	182.621

42	20	Joey Logano	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	30.472	181.938

43	9	Mike Bliss	Phoenix Racing	Dodge	30.354	182.645

Failed to qualify

44	35	Todd Bodine	Germain Racing	Toyota	30.443	182.111

45	36	Scott Riggs	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Toyota	30.584	181.271

46	41	Jeremy Mayfield	Mayfield Motorsports	Toyota	30.811	179.936

47	64	Geoff Bodine	Gunselman Motorsports	Toyota	31.018	178.735

1 Moved to the back of the grid for changing engines (#6)

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Martin took the first pole position with a time of 29.640 seconds.

final_sentence: Martin took the first pole position with a time of 29.640 seconds.