Image by Getty Images via @daylifeJoey Logano grabbed the pole for Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway. Logano, who doesn't have much of a reputation as a road racer, turned a lap of 76.821 seconds (93.256 mph) on the 1.99-mile course. Logano was as surprised as everyone else, "This is the last place that I figured we'd get a pole."
It was Logano's second career pole. The other came at Bristol in March 2010. Logano is the youngest driver (21 years, 1 month) to win a road course poll, besting Parnelli Jones (24 years, 9 months, 18 days) at Riverside in 1958.
Jamie McMurray (76.848 seconds, 93.223 mph) will start on the outside of the front row. Paul Menard starts third, followed by Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman.
Tony Ave, a road race specialist substituting for Travis Kvapil in the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford, was the only driver to fail to qualify for the race. (Race lineup)
Kurt Busch was trying to earn his fourth straight pole. He led the first practice session, giving him the final run in qualifying, but he was a half-second off of Logano's time. He starts eleventh. McMurray was fastest in the second practice. Brad Keselowski was fastest in Happy Hour.
Series points leader Carl Edwards canceled his plans to run the Nationwide Series race at Road America. After a poor first practice and qualifying run, Edwards decided he needed the extra practice time at Infineon. He starts 23rd Sunday.
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