CONCORD, N.C. – The 52nd annual Coca-Cola 600 will be led to the green flag by Brad Keselowski with AJ Allmendinger to his outside. Keselowski posted a lap of 28.112 seconds, which equates to a speed of 192.089 mph. Allmendinger was less than six hundredths of a second behind at a speed of 191.693 mph.
Carl Edwards felt like he left a little on the track, which left him .001 seconds behind Allmendinger and on the inside of the second row. Edwards clocked a lap of 28.171 seconds for a speed of 191.686 mph. Denny Hamlin will take the green on the outside of row two after he ran a lap of 28.218 seconds, which translates to a 191.367-mph lap. Jeff Burton rounded out the top five in qualifying at 191.245 mph after tripping the timing light at 28.236 seconds.
2011 COCA-COLA 600 QUALIFYING SPEEDS
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