SONOMA, Calif. (June 18, 2010) – Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin earned spots in the top 11 during Friday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying session at Infineon Raceway.
Johnson held his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet steady enough to claim the outside pole position for Sunday’s road course event, while Gordon put his No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet in the fifth starting spot.
Martin, driver of the No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, nabbed the 11th spot, and teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. scored the 24th position in his No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet.
TNT will televise Sunday’s race at 3 p.m. ET.