Tony Stewart (Chevrolet) marcou neste sábado (05/04), a pole-position para a Duck Commander 500, no Texas Motor Speedway, sétima etapa da NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Foi a primeira pole de Stewart desde 2012. Já com o tempo esgotado, Stewart conquistou a pole com o tempo de 27s628 (195.454 mph). Em sete provas disputadas, Stewart é o sétimo pole diferente.
Brad Keselowski (Ford) completa a primeira fila. Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet), que na primeira parte do treino quebrou o recorde da pista (27s234 198.282 mph), alinha em terceiro, seguido por Greg Biffle (Ford). Carl Edwards (Ford) e Denny Hamlin (Toyota) dividem a terceira fila.
Trevor Bayne (Ford), Ryan Newman (Chevrolet), Marcos Ambrose (Ford), Joey Logano (Ford), Kurt Busch (Chevrolet) e Jeff Gordon (Chevrolet) fecham os doze que disputaram a parte final do treino. Logano é o único piloto que passou para a fase final do treino, em todas as etapas.
LÁder do campeonato, Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Chevrolet) não passou para a final, e alinha em 19º.
Grid:
1. #14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 27.628s (Pole) 195.454mph
2. #2 Brad Keselowski Ford 27.633s (+ 0.005s) 195.419mph
3. #4 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 27.650s (+ 0.022s) 195.298mph
4. #16 Greg Biffle Ford 27.735s (+ 0.107s) 194.700mph
5. #99 Carl Edwards Ford 27.744s (+ 0.116s) 194.637mph
6. #11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 27.746s (+ 0.118s) 194.623mph
7. #21 Trevor Bayne Ford 27.763s (+ 0.135s) 194.503mph
8. #31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 27.815s (+ 0.187s) 194.140mph
9. #9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 27.827s (+ 0.199s) 194.056mph
10. #22 Joey Logano Ford 27.872s (+ 0.244s) 193.743mph
11. #41 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 27.961s (+ 0.333s) 193.126mph
12. #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 28.112s (+ 0.484s) 192.089mph
13. #27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 27.798s (+ 0.280s) 194.259mph
14. #42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 27.823s (+ 0.305s) 194.084mph
15. #1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 27.832s (+ 0.314s) 194.021mph
16. #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 27.834s (+ 0.316s) 194.007mph
17. #43 Aric Almirola Ford 27.894s (+ 0.376s) 193.590mph
18. #78 Martin Truex Jr Chevrolet 27.908s (+ 0.390s) 193.493mph
19. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 27.928s (+ 0.410s) 193.354mph
20. #3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 27.957s (+ 0.439s) 193.154mph
21. #13 Casey Mears Chevrolet 27.957s (+ 0.439s) 193.154mph
22. #51 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 27.982s (+ 0.464s) 192.981mph
23. #55 Brian Vickers Toyota 28.013s (+ 0.495s) 192.768mph
24. #10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 28.014s (+ 0.496s) 192.761mph
25. #15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 27.694s (+ 0.460s) 194.988mph
26. #20 Matt Kenseth Toyota 27.744s (+ 0.510s) 194.637mph
27. #7 Michael Annett Chevrolet 27.749s (+ 0.515s) 194.602mph
28. #95 Michael McDowell Ford 27.752s (+ 0.518s) 194.581mph
29. #18 Kyle Busch Toyota 27.758s (+ 0.524s) 194.539mph
30. #23 Alex Bowman Toyota 27.770s (+ 0.536s) 194.454mph
31. #17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 27.772s (+ 0.538s) 194.440mph
32. #5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 27.831s (+ 0.597s) 194.028mph
33. #47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 27.891s (+ 0.657s) 193.611mph
34. #35 David Reutimann Ford 27.986s (+ 0.752s) 192.954mph
35. #77 Dave Blaney Ford 28.049s (+ 0.815s) 192.520mph
36. #30 Parker Kligerman Toyota 28.093s (+ 0.859s) 192.219mph
37. #32 Travis Kvapil Ford 28.100s (+ 0.866s) 192.171mph
38. #36 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 28.162s (+ 0.928s) 191.748mph
39. #38 David Gilliland Ford 28.180s (+ 0.946s) 191.625mph
40. #40 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 28.212s (+ 0.978s) 191.408mph
41. #98 Josh Wise Chevrolet 28.238s (+ 1.004s) 191.232mph
42. #26 Cole Whitt Toyota 28.566s (+ 1.332s) 189.036mph
43. #34 David Ragan Ford 28.748s (+ 1.514s) 187.839mph
Não classificados:
#33 David Stremme Chevrolet 28.308s (+ 1.074s) 190.759mph
#83 Ryan Truex Toyota 28.511s (+ 1.277s) 189.401mph
#66 Joe Nemechek Toyota 28.634s (+ 1.400s) 188.587mph
#44 JJ Yeley Chevrolet 29.120s (+ 1.886s) 185.440mph