Casey Mears garnered his first career Bud Pole Award on Friday, taking the top starting spot for Sunday's Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway. Joe Nemechek will share the front row with Mears. Kurt Busch -- last week's winner -- will start third.

Lineup:
1 #41 Casey Mears Dodge Target 171.720 52.411 Leader
2 #01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet U.S. Army 171.654 52.431 -0.020
3 #97 Kurt Busch Ford IRWIN Industrial Tools/Sharpie 171.540 52.466 -0.055
4 #40 Sterling Marlin Dodge Aspen Edge 171.256 52.553 -0.142
5 #38 Elliott Sadler Ford M&M's 171.168 52.580 -0.169
6 #25 Brian Vickers* Chevrolet GMAC Financial Services 171.008 52.629 -0.218
7 #42 Jamie McMurray Dodge Texaco/Havoline 170.992 52.634 -0.223
8 #20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet The Home Depot 170.785 52.698 -0.287
9 #19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 170.775 52.701 -0.290
10 #77 Brendan Gaughan* Dodge Kodak/Jasper Engines 170.652 52.739 -0.328
11 #15 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts 170.623 52.748 -0.337
12 #2 Rusty Wallace Dodge Miller Lite 170.623 52.748 -0.337
13 #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 170.522 52.779 -0.368
14 #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 170.467 52.796 -0.385
15 #17 Matt Kenseth Ford DeWalt Power Tools 170.380 52.823 -0.412
16 #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser 170.197 52.880 -0.469
17 #18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 170.023 52.934 -0.523
18 #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet GM Goodwrench 169.690 53.038 -0.627
19 #16 Greg Biffle Ford National Guard 169.603 53.065 -0.654
20 #9 Kasey Kahne* Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 169.546 53.083 -0.672
21 #6 Mark Martin Ford Viagra 169.543 53.084 -0.673
22 #31 Robby Gordon Chevrolet Cingular Wireless 169.431 53.119 -0.708
23 #99 Jeff Burton Ford Roush Racing 169.275 53.168 -0.757
24 #88 Dale Jarrett Ford UPS 169.259 53.173 -0.762
25 #45 Kyle Petty Dodge Georgia-Pacific/Brawny 169.182 53.197 -0.786
26 #10 Scott Riggs* Chevrolet Valvoline 169.068 53.233 -0.822
27 #0 Ward Burton Chevrolet NetZero HiSpeed 169.036 53.243 -0.832
28 #22 Scott Wimmer* Dodge Caterpillar 168.634 53.370 -0.959
29 #5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet Kellogg's 168.416 53.439 -1.028
30 #12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 168.290 53.479 -1.068
31 #30 Dave Blaney Chevrolet America Online 167.939 53.591 -1.180
32 #43 Jeff Green Dodge Cheerios/Betty Crocker 167.904 53.602 -1.191
33 #21 Ricky Rudd Ford Motorcraft/U.S. Air Force 167.576 53.707 -1.296
34 #50 PJ Jones Dodge Arnold Development Companies 167.159 53.841 -1.430
35 #32 Ricky Craven Chevrolet Tide 166.960 53.905 -1.494
36 #4 Jimmy Spencer Chevrolet Morgan-McClure 166.803 53.956 -1.545
37 #198 Todd Bodine Ford Lucas Oil Products 166.488 54.058 -1.647
38 #113 Greg Sacks Dodge ARC Dehooker/Vita Coco 165.990 54.220 -1.809

Provisional
39 #49 Ken Schrader Dodge Schwan's Home Service 165.195 54.481 -2.070
40 #89 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Racing With Jesus/Red Line Oil 163.761 54.958 -2.547
41 #172 Kirk Shelmerdine Ford Freddie B's 162.361 55.432 -3.021
42 #02 Jason Jarrett Chevrolet The FanZCar 163.896 54.913 -2.502
43 #280 Carl Long Ford Commercial Truck & Trailer 165.660 54.328 -1.917

Did not Qualify
44 #251 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet NegotiationsSeminar.com 165.159 54.493 -2.082
45 #137 Andy Hillenburg Dodge Carter's Royal Dispos-all 163.500 55.046 -2.635
46 #90 A.J. Henriksen Ford Donlavey Racing 159.247 56.516 -4.105

* Denotes Rookie

 

I watched the qualifying on TV....everybody seemed in a better mood than normal and there was a lack of "finger pointing" for previous mishaps. Hmmmmmm.........[sm=smiley23.gif]

 

YAHOO!! That poor guy needs a WIN!!

~Amanda