Earnhardt Jr Wins Pole For Kobalt Tools 500 @ Atlanta

Dale Earnhardt Jr won the pole with a lap of 28.76 @ 192.761 mph the fastest qualifying speed ever in the new car for Sunday's Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, GA. This was his first pole since April 2008 at Texas Motor Speedway and his second at Atlanta. Dale Jr took his first pole of 2010 he had a great start with a second place at Daytona, then 32nd place finish at California and a 16th at Las Vegas. Kyle Busch who is doing double duty starts second on the front row his best career start at Atlanta. The cool track conditions made for alot of grip and fast speeds during friday night qualifying the first few cars who had a early draw complained of the sun going into turn one but other than that a clean qualifying session. Dale Earnhardt Jr had his last win at Michigan in 2008 and hopes to get back to victory lane in Atlanta this weekend. Three cars missed the show Aric Almirola, Terry Cook and Casey Mears the top 35 will be locked in after Bristol in two weeks as the series are off next weekend.

Kobalt Tools 500 Starting Grid From Atlanta Motor Speedway

1.Dale Earnhardt Jr

2.Kyle Busch

3.Juan Pablo Montoya

4.Mark Martin "2009 Pole Winner"

5.Jeff Gordon

6.Kasey Kahne

7.Ryan Newman

8.Elliott Sadler 

9.David Reutimann

10.Carl Edwards

11.Kurt Busch "2009 Winner"

12.Marcos Ambrose

Missed The Show

Aric Almirola

Terry Cook

Casey Mears

Notables

Jimmie Johnson qualifies 16th after two wins in a row can he make it three?

Kevin Harvick qualifies 35th after two second place finishes.

Tune in to Fox Sunday at 12 noon for the Kobalt Tools 500 @ Atlanta.