Congratulations to Jeff Gordon for winning Pole Position at Talladega. He had quite a different approach to his qualifying laps and it paid off. It was his 20th consecutive season winning a Pole, tying the all-time record he now shares with David Pearson. Here's hoping he breaks it next year.

Qualifying results:
Code:
1
Jeff Gordon
191.623



2
AJ Allmendinger
191.111



3
Marcos Ambrose
191.039



4
Aric Almirola
190.981



5
Kasey Kahne
190.772



6
Greg Biffle
190.586



7
Carl Edwards
190.586



8
Tony Stewart
190.476



9
Michael Waltrip
190.245



10
Matt Kenseth
190.2



11
Trevor Bayne(i)
190.17



12
Juan Pablo Montoya
190.14



13
Brad Keselowski
190.072



14
Ryan Newman
190.064



15
Martin Truex Jr.
189.959



16
Josh Wise #
189.959



17
Paul Menard
189.906



18
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
189.864



19
Jimmie Johnson
189.797



20
Kevin Harvick
189.785



21
Kyle Busch
189.691



22
Denny Hamlin
189.68



23
Jamie McMurray
189.601



24
Clint Bowyer
189.556



25
Casey Mears
189.477



26
David Gilliland
189.354



27
David Stremme
189.331



28
Terry Labonte
189.182



29
Jeff Burton
189.1



30
Joey Logano
189.073



31
Regan Smith
189.051



32
David Ragan
189.021



33
Kurt Busch
188.984



34
David Reutimann
188.902



35
Michael McDowell
188.63



36
Bill Elliott
188.171



37
Joe Nemechek(i)
188.012



38
Dave Blaney
187.625



39
Robert Richardson Jr.(i)
186.71



40
Landon Cassill
186.293



41
Travis Kvapil
186.206



42
Bobby Labonte
185.79



43
Tony Raines
186.528



DNQ
J.J. Yeley
186.528