GORDON WILL LEAD THE FIELD TO GREEN IN SYLVANIA 300 AT NEW HAMPSHIRE
EARNS FOURTH CAREER POLE AT NHMS
Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet, will lead the field to the green in Sunday’s Sylvania 300 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Round 28 on the tour and the second stop of the 10-race Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Gordon posted a lap of 28.232 seconds, 134.911 mph to capturing the 72nd pole of his Cup career in 681 starts and fourth pole award at NHMS. This is Gordon’s second pole of 2012 and his 12th start from inside the top-10 this season.
Defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart qualified third in his No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet, which will mark the 18th time he has started in the top-10 at NHMS. Fellow driver and defending NHMS winner, Kasey Kahne, No. 5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet qualified sixth.
Other Team Chevy drivers starting in the top 12 are Paul Menard, No. 27 Sylvania/Menards Chevrolet (starts seventh), Ryan Newman, No. 39 Aspen Dental Chevrolet (starts eighth) and Jeff Burton, No. 31 Wheaties Chevrolet (starts 11th).
Among the six Chevy Chasers in the lineup, three will start outside the top 12: Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet starts 14th, Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet will starts 16th and Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet will start the race from the 20th position.
Kyle Busch (Toyota) will start second, Brian Vickers (Toyota) starts fourth, and Carl Edwards (Ford) will start fifth to round out the top five qualifiers.
The Sylvania 300 takes the green flag on Sunday, Sept. 23rd at 1:00 p.m. ET and will be aired live on ESPN.