2012 NSCS Coke Zero 400 Starting Lineup

NOTE: Starting lineup has changed due to outside pole-sitter Tony Stewart’s car failing post-qualifying inspection. The revised lineup is listed below

NSCS No. 17 Zest Ford Fusion driven by Matt Kenseth - Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR

The 2012 Daytona 500 winner and current NSCS points leader, Matt Kenseth, with a qualifying lap speed of 192.386 mph, captured the Coke Zero 400 Coors Light Pole Award at Daytona International Speedway.

This was Kenseth’s first pole of the 2012 season, his eighth series career pole and his first series pole at Daytona International Speedway.

Tony Stewart, with a qualifying lap speed of 192.361 mph, will start second on the outside pole, and will be followed by teammate Ryan Newman (192.353 mph) starting third, Kasey Kahne (192.291) fourth and Greg Biffle (192.139) starts fifth.

Rounding out the top-ten starting positions will be Jeff Gordon (192.061 mph) who will start sixth, Bill Elliott (192.012) seventh, Casey Mears (191.934) eighth, A.J. Allmendinger (191.894) ninth and Brad Keselowski (191.857) will start from the tenth position.

Failing to make the starting lineup was the No. 23 driven by Robert Richardson, Jr.

The 54th annual Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola is schedule to get underway around 7:50 PM (ET) Saturday evening, and TNT will provide television coverage beginning with their 6:30 PM (ET) “Countdown to Green” pre-race program.

2012 NSCS Coke Zero 400 Starting Lineup

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	17	Matt Kenseth	Zest Ford	46.781	192.386
2	39	Ryan Newman	Aspen Dental Chevrolet	46.789	192.353
3	5	Kasey Kahne	HendrickCars.com Chevrolet	46.804	192.291
4	16	Greg Biffle	3M Ford	46.841	192.139
5	24	Jeff Gordon	PepsiMax Chevrolet	46.86	192.061
6	50	Bill Elliott	Walmart Chevrolet	46.872	192.012
7	13	Casey Mears	GEICO Ford	46.891	191.934
8	22	AJ Allmendinger	Shell Pennzoil Dodge	46.901	191.894
9	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite Dodge	46.91	191.857
10	9	Marcos Ambrose	DeWalt Ford	46.918	191.824
11	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser Folds of Honor Chevrolet	46.924	191.8
12	99	Carl Edwards	Subway Ford	46.946	191.71
13	27	Paul Menard	Quaker State / Menards Chevrolet	46.953	191.681
14	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	46.978	191.579
15	21	Trevor Bayne(i)	Motorcraft/QuickLaneTire&AutoCenter Ford	46.998	191.498
16	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's Chevrolet	47.003	191.477
17	43	Aric Almirola	U.S. Air Force Ford	47.054	191.27
18	56	Martin Truex Jr.	NAPA Batteries Toyota	47.06	191.245
19	20	Joey Logano	Dollar General Toyota	47.064	191.229
20	31	Jeff Burton	Wheaties Chevrolet	47.097	191.095
21	98	Mike Bliss(i)	Phil Parsons Racing Ford	47.124	190.985
22	18	Kyle Busch	Interstate Batteries Toyota	47.134	190.945
23	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Office Toyota	47.14	190.921
24	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Natl. Guard-An American Salute Chevrolet	47.158	190.848
25	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row / Farm American Chevrolet	47.19	190.718
26	30	David Stremme	Stock Car Steel and Aluminum Toyota	47.203	190.666
27	34	David Ragan	MHP 8-hour Alert Ford	47.215	190.617
28	55	Michael Waltrip	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	47.22	190.597
29	15	Clint Bowyer	5-hour Energy Toyota	47.23	190.557
30	1	Jamie McMurray	Bass Pro Shops / NRA Museum Chevrolet	47.231	190.553
31	26	Josh Wise #	MDS Transport Ford	47.325	190.174
32	38	David Gilliland	Glory Foods Ford	47.335	190.134
33	36	Dave Blaney	Golden Corral Chevrolet	47.339	190.118
34	32	Terry Labonte	C & J Energy Services Ford	47.357	190.046
35	51	Kurt Busch	Phoenix Construction Services Chevrolet	47.37	189.994
36	87	Joe Nemechek(i)	AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota	47.45	189.673
37	33	Stephen Leicht #	LittleJoesAutos.com Chevrolet	47.69	188.719
38	83	Landon Cassill	Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota	47.699	188.683
39	10	David Reutimann	CarportEmpire.com/TMone.com Chevrolet	47.733	188.549
40	93	Travis Kvapil	Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota	47.888	187.939
41	47	Bobby Labonte	Kingsford Charcoal Toyota	Owner Points
42	14	Tony Stewart	MOBIL 1 / Office Depot Chevrolet	0	0
43	49	JJ Yeley	Robinson-Blakney Racing Toyota	48.123	187.021

(i) Ineligible for Driver Points in this Series
# Denotes Rookie

Source: Timing and Scoring provided by NASCARMedia

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