Qualifying Fast Facts
Texas Motor Speedway
23rd Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 3/29/2019 @ 09:13 PM Eastern
Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Jimmie Johnson
Age: 43
Team : No. 48 - Ally Chevrolet
Owner: Jeff Gordon
Crew Chief: Kevin Meendering
Jimmie Johnson won the Pole Award for the 23rd Annual O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 with a lap of 28.588
seconds, 188.890 mph.
This is his 36th pole in 622 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and second top-10 start in 2019.
This is his second pole in 32 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
William Byron (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2019 and his second in three races at Texas
Motor Speedway.
Chase Elliott (third) posted his second top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his fourth in seven
races this season.
Daniel Hemric (seventh) was the fastest qualifying rookie.