Dale Jr Pole

Dale Jr Takes the Pole

Dale Earnhardt Jr was the fastest qualifier tonight at Atlanta Motor Speedway grabbing the pole position for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500.

“It’s really, really fast you just gotta hang on,” said Earnhardt of his pole run. “When you can do it and do it right it’s pretty cool.”

Earnhardt turned a lap of 28.761 seconds at 192.761 to earn the top spot. He was he was .07 seconds faster than 2^nd place qualifier Kyle Busch.

It was the fastest qualifying lap ever in a NASCAR COT.

The pole was the 9th of Earnhardt’s career, and the first since 2008 at Texas, 68 races ago.

What do you think about Dale Jr’s fast qualifying run?

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