NASCAR: Kasey Kahne grabs his second pole award

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Kasey Kahne would be the fastest of the 43 drivers who would attempt to qualify for Sundays, Goody's Fast Relief 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway with a speed of 97.128mph.

This will be the second time in 2012 that Kahne has won the Coors Light Pole Award, the last was only 3 weeks ago at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

In his first year in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, Kahne has posted an average starting position of 7.8, but his average finish has been a disappointing 26.6.


Starting Line Up by Row
Martinsville Speedway
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sat, March 31, 2012 @ 02:22 PM Eastern

63rd Annual Goody's Fast Relief 500

1 -5 Kasey Kahne 97.128
2 -29 Kevin Harvick
3 -11 Denny Hamlin
4 -15 Clint Bowyer
5 -39 Ryan Newman
6 -55 Brian Vickers
7 -2 Brad Keselowski
8 -18 Kyle Busch
9 -24 Jeff Gordon
10 -20 Joey Logano
11 -27 Paul Menard
12 -9 Marcos Ambrose
13 -56 Martin Truex Jr.
14 -88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
15 -14 Tony Stewart
16 -47 Bobby Labonte
17 -78 Regan Smith
18 -31 Jeff Burton
19 -43 Aric Almirola
20 -1 Jamie McMurray
21 -17 Matt Kenseth
22 -48 Jimmie Johnson
23 -98 Michael McDowell
24 -34 David Ragan Front Row
25 -13 Casey Mears
26 -16 Greg Biffle
27 -22 AJ Allmendinger
28 -99 Carl Edwards
29 -10 David Reutimann
30 -26 Josh Wise
31 -83 Landon Cassill
32 -42 Juan Pablo Montoya
33 -23 Scott Riggs
34 -93 Travis Kvapil
35 -74 Reed Sorenson
36 -32 Ken Schrader
37 -87 Joe Nemechek
38 -38 David Gilliland
39 -30 David Stremme
40 -51 Kurt Busch Phoenix
41 -33 Hermie Sadler
42 -36 Dave Blaney
43 -49 JJ Yeley 93.212