na classificação realizada ontem, johnson foi apenas 0,004 segundos mais rápido que kyle busch para conquistar a posição de destaque no grid de largada. detalhe que a competição foi dura: os seis primeiros do grid conseguiram tempos melhores que o antigo recorde da pista, que era de joey logano na prova de junho do ano passado, logo após as reformas que deram novo pavimento a pista.

confira a lista de largada da prova da sprint cup que acontece amanhã:

 **pos  driver      team/car         time     gap**
 1\.  jimmie johnson      hendrick chevrolet           49.819s
 2\.  kyle busch          joe gibbs toyota             49.823s  +0.004s
 3\.  carl edwards        roush fenway ford            49.950s  +0.131s
 4\.  ryan newman         stewart-haas chevrolet       49.999s  +0.180s
 5\.  kurt busch          furniture row chevrolet      50.085s  +0.266s
 6\.  joey logano         penske ford                  50.111s  +0.292s
 7\.  greg biffle         roush fenway ford            50.130s  +0.311s
 8\.  marcos ambrose      petty ford                   50.187s  +0.368s
 9\.  denny hamlin        joe gibbs toyota             50.239s  +0.420s
10\.  aric almirola       petty ford                   50.253s  +0.434s
11\.  brad keselowski     penske ford                  50.297s  +0.478s
12\.  jamie mcmurray      earnhardt ganassi chevrolet  50.322s  +0.503s
13\.  jeff burton         childress chevrolet          50.373s  +0.554s
14\.  kevin harvick       childress chevrolet          50.418s  +0.599s
15\.  aj allmendinger     phoenix chevrolet            50.420s  +0.601s
16\.  clint bowyer        waltrip toyota               50.446s  +0.627s
17\.  ricky stenhouse jr  roush fenway ford            50.487s  +0.668s
18\.  kasey kahne         hendrick chevrolet           50.488s  +0.669s
19\.  juan pablo montoya  earnhardt ganassi chevrolet  50.546s  +0.727s
20\.  tony stewart        stewart-haas chevrolet       50.553s  +0.734s
21\.  paul menard         childress chevrolet          50.567s  +0.748s
22\.  jeff gordon         hendrick chevrolet           50.659s  +0.840s
23\.  travis kvapil       bk toyota                    50.678s  +0.859s
24\.  matt kenseth        joe gibbs toyota             50.702s  +0.883s
25\.  dale earnhardt jr   hendrick chevrolet           50.721s  +0.902s
26\.  martin truex jr     waltrip toyota               50.779s  +0.960s
27\.  michael mcdowell    parsons ford                 50.784s  +0.965s
28\.  mark martin         waltrip toyota               50.850s  +1.031s
29\.  casey mears         germain ford                 50.864s  +1.045s
30\.  david ragan         front row ford               50.894s  +1.075s
31\.  david stremme       swan toyota                  50.899s  +1.080s
32\.  dave blaney         baldwin chevrolet            51.059s  +1.240s
33\.  bobby labonte       jtg daugherty toyota         51.108s  +1.289s
34\.  danica patrick      stewart-haas chevrolet       51.177s  +1.358s
35\.  david reutimann     bk toyota                    51.211s  +1.392s
36\.  jj yeley            baldwin chevrolet            51.376s  +1.557s
37\.  david gilliland     front row ford               51.415s  +1.596s
38\.  landon cassill      circle sport chevrolet       51.462s  +1.643s
39\.  joe nemechek        nemco toyota                 51.696s  +1.877s
40\.  josh wise           front row ford               51.815s  +1.996s
41\.  timmy hill          fas lane ford                52.305s  +2.486s
42\.  alex kennedy        humphrey smith toyota        53.286s  +3.467s
43\.  tony raines         circle sport chevrolet       53.960s  +4.141s