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Talladega Starting Grid - Montoya leads the field to green

Written by Scott Keller · April 25, 2009

Juan Pablo Montoya captured his first NASCAR pole of 2009 on Saturday when he qualified for the Aaron’s 499 at Talledega Speedway. His speed of 188.171 mph was posted in the #42 Earnhardt-Ganassi Chevrolet.

Sam Hornish Jr. turned in an impressive performance in qualifying. He will start third in the Penske car. The top Toyota powered qualifier was rookie, Scott Speed, who qualified eight with a lap of 187.841 mph.

POS 	CAR 	DRIVER 	        MAKE 	SPONSOR 	        SPEED 	TIME 	BEHIND
1	42	Juan Montoya	Chevy	Tums Dual Action 	188.171	50.890	Leader
2	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	3M 	                188.141	50.898	-0.008
3	1	M. Truex Jr.	Chevy	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker 	187.971	50.944	-0.054
4	77	S. Hornish Jr.	Dodge	Penske Truck Rental/AAA 187.953	50.949	-0.059
5	33	Clint Bowyer	Chevy	BB&T 	                187.919	50.958	-0.068
6	78	Regan Smith	Chevy	Furniture Row 	187.897	50.964	-0.074
7	5	Mark Martin	Chevy	Carquest / Kellogg's 	187.861	50.974	-0.084
8	82	Scott Speed*	Toyota	Red Bull         	187.824	50.984	-0.094
9	09	Brad Keselowski	Chevy	Miccosukee Resrt/Gaming 187.687	51.021	-0.131
10	6	David Ragan	Ford	UPS 	                187.640	51.034	-0.144

11	88	D. Earnhardt Jr	Chevy	Natl Guard/Amp Energy 	187.610	51.042	-0.152
12	96	Bobby Labonte	Ford	Ask.com 	        187.607	51.043	-0.153
13	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Dewalt 	                187.574	51.052	-0.162
14	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevy	Pepsi / DuPont 	        187.423	51.093	-0.203
15	07	Casey Mears	Chevy	Jack Daniel's 	        187.412	51.096	-0.206
16	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Claritin 	        187.383	51.104	-0.214
17	187	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	NEMCO Motorsports 	187.379	51.105	-0.215
18	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Freight 	        187.163	51.164	-0.274
19	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevy	Shell / Pennzoil 	187.071	51.189	-0.299
20	31	Jeff Burton	Chevy	Caterpillar 	        187.061	51.192	-0.302
21	36	Scott Riggs	Toyota	Tommy Baldwin Racing 	186.900	51.236	-0.346
22	20	Joey Logano*	Toyota	The Home Depot 	        186.889	51.239	-0.349
23	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Pedigree 	        186.831	51.255	-0.365
24	98	Paul Menard	Ford	Turtle Wax / Menards 	186.823	51.257	-0.367
25	39	Ryan Newman	Chevy	Prelude Dream/ US Army 	186.663	51.301	-0.411
26	171	David Gilliland	Chevy	TRG Motorsports 	186.638	51.308	-0.418
27	41	Jeremy Mayfield	Toyota	Big Red 	        186.627	51.311	-0.421
28	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite 	        186.518	51.341	-0.451
29	113	Max Papis*	Toyota	GEICO 	                186.460	51.357	-0.467
30	14	Tony Stewart	Chevy	Old Spice/Office Depot 	186.423	51.367	-0.477
31	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Red Bull 	        186.401	51.373	-0.483
32	55	Michael Waltrip	Toyota	NAPA 	                186.260	51.412	-0.522
33	26	Jamie McMurray	Ford	Crown Royal 	        186.245	51.416	-0.526
34	00	David Reutimann	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine 	186.108	51.454	-0.564
35	43	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	U.S. Air Force 	        185.902	51.511	-0.621
36	47	Marcos Ambrose	Toyota	L.Debbie/Kingsford 	185.596	51.596	-0.706
37	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Budweiser 	        185.459	51.634	-0.744
38	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevy	Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 	185.384	51.655	-0.765
39	66	M. McDowell	Toyota	Prism Motorsports 	185.362	51.661	-0.771
40	7	Robby Gordon	Toyota	Jim Beam 	        185.323	51.672	-0.782
41	12	David Stremme	Dodge	Penske Racing 	        184.765	51.828	-0.938
42	44	AJ Allmendinger	Dodge	Hunt Brothers Pizza 	184.608	51.872	-0.982
43	19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge	Best Buy 	        184.161	51.998	-1.108
44	4	Eric McClure	Chevy	Hefty/Wal-Mart 	        184.048	52.030	-1.140
45	34	John Andretti	Chevy	Taco Bell 	        182.738	52.403	-1.513

+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie

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