Jeff Gordon will start first in what could be his final race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Gordon turned a lap of 194.68 MPH to win his second pole in the first three races of the 2015 season. When you count his pole run at Homestead in the final race of the 2014 season, it’s three of the last four.
Daytona 500 winner Joey Logano, the driver who won the pole at Atlanta last week, will start second. All four Hendrick Motorsports cars made the 12-driver final round of qualifying.
After massive inspection issues during Atlanta’s qualifying session when 13 cars failed to take a lap, Friday’s session at Las Vegas wasn’t without a bit of drama either. Brad Keselowski’s car had to go through tech again after it was lined up on the grid after NASCAR apparently saw a crew member tugging on the fenders of the car. Manipulation of the fenders isn’t allowed in 2015.
Kasey Kahne starts third and Dale Earnhardt Jr. is fourth. The slowpoke in the Hendrick group is Jimmie Johnson, who qualified ninth. In between Junior and Johnson are Kyle Larson, Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman and Martin Truex Jr. Jamie McMurray qualified 10th.
48 cars attempted the race, so the drivers missing were Mike Wallace, Reed Sorenson, Mike Bliss, Matt DiBenedetto and Travis Kvapil, whose car was reported stolen before Atlanta last week.
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