Matt Kenseth (Toyota) marcou a pole-position para a Ford City 400, no Homestead-Miami Speedway, última etapa da NASCAR Sprint Cup Series e do Chase. Foi a terceira pole de Kenseth no ano, e 11ª na categoria. Kenseth, segundo colocado na tabela de pontos, fez o tempo de 30s394 (177.667mph).
Kurt Busch (Toyota) completa a primeira fila. A dupla da Penske, Joey Logano e Brad Keselowski, o atual campeão, dividem a segunda fila. Denny Hamlin (Toyota) e Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet) foram a terceira fila.
LÁder do Chase, e em busca do seu sexto tÁtulo, Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet) alinha em 7º, seguido por Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota). Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Ford) e Elliot Sadler (Toyota) completam os dez primeiros. Destes, não participaram do Chase, Keselowski, Truex Jr., Stenhouse Jr. e Sadler.
Entre os demais participantes do Chase, Kyle Busch (Toyota) alinha em 11º, Kasey Kahne (Chevrolet) 13º, Ryan Newman (Chevrolet) 15º, seguido por Greg Biffle (Ford). Carl Edwards (Ford) larga em 18º, Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Chevrolet) 21º, Clint Bowyer (Toyota) 25º seguido por Jeff Gordon (Chevrolet).
Apenas Johnson (2384 pontos), Kenseth (2356 pontos) e Harvick (2350 pontos) disputam a tÁtulo da temporada.
Grid:
1. #20 Matt Kenseth Toyota 30.394s (Pole) 177.667mph
2. #78 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 30.432s (+ 0.038s) 177.445mph
3. #22 Joey Logano Ford 30.460s (+ 0.066s) 177.282mph
4. #2 Brad Keselowski Ford 30.498s (+ 0.104s) 177.061mph
5. #11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 30.535s (+ 0.141s) 176.846mph
6. #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 30.568s (+ 0.174s) 176.655mph
7. #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 30.578s (+ 0.184s) 176.598mph
8. #56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 30.606s (+ 0.212s) 176.436mph
9. #17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 30.606s (+ 0.212s) 176.436mph
10. #55 Elliott Sadler Toyota 30.610s (+ 0.216s) 176.413mph
11. #18 Kyle Busch Toyota 30.620s (+ 0.226s) 176.355mph
12. #27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 30.620s (+ 0.226s) 176.355mph
13. #5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 30.629s (+ 0.235s) 176.304mph
14. #31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 30.726s (+ 0.332s) 175.747mph
15. #39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 30.729s (+ 0.335s) 175.730mph
16. #16 Greg Biffle Ford 30.736s (+ 0.342s) 175.690mph
17. #21 Trevor Bayne Ford 30.768s (+ 0.374s) 175.507mph
18. #99 Carl Edwards Ford 30.781s (+ 0.387s) 175.433mph
19. #43 Aric Almirola Ford 30.791s (+ 0.397s) 175.376mph
20. #51 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 30.795s (+ 0.401s) 175.353mph
21. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 30.796s (+ 0.402s) 175.347mph
22. #14 Mark Martin Chevrolet 30.809s (+ 0.415s) 175.273mph
23. #9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 30.838s (+ 0.444s) 175.109mph
24. #10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 30.841s (+ 0.447s) 175.092mph
25. #15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 30.896s (+ 0.502s) 174.780mph
26. #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 30.926s (+ 0.532s) 174.610mph
27. #42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 30.939s (+ 0.545s) 174.537mph
28. #1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 30.976s (+ 0.582s) 174.329mph
29. #34 David Ragan Ford 30.978s (+ 0.584s) 174.317mph
30. #30 Parker Kligerman Toyota 31.183s (+ 0.789s) 173.171mph
31. #38 David Gilliland Ford 31.196s (+ 0.802s) 173.099mph
32. #83 David Reutimann Toyota 31.293s (+ 0.899s) 172.563mph
33. #93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 31.343s (+ 0.949s) 172.287mph
34. #98 Michael McDowell Ford 31.348s (+ 0.954s) 172.260mph
35. #35 Josh Wise Ford 31.387s (+ 0.993s) 172.046mph
36. #47 AJ Allmendinger Toyota 31.444s (+ 1.050s) 171.734mph
37. #36 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 31.447s (+ 1.053s) 171.717mph
38. #7 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 31.599s (+ 1.205s) 170.891mph
39. #33 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 31.675s (+ 1.281s) 170.481mph
40. #13 Casey Mears Ford 31.736s (+ 1.342s) 170.154mph
41. #32 Ken Schrader Ford 31.742s (+ 1.348s) 170.122mph
42. #87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 31.799s (+ 1.405s) 169.817mph
43. #40 Tony Raines Chevrolet 32.300s (+ 1.906s) 167.183mph