Starting Line Up by Row Auto Club Speedway 16th Annual Auto Club 400 Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, March 23, 2012 @ 08:46 PM Eastern Driver Date Time Speed Track Race Record: Jeff Gordon 06/22/97 03:13:32 155.012 Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed Row 1: 1 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 38.626 186.403 2 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 38.807 185.534 Row 2: 3 55 Mark Martin Aaron's Toyota 38.807 185.534 4 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 38.812 185.510 Row 3: 5 5 Kasey Kahne Quaker State Chevrolet 38.812 185.510 6 39 Ryan Newman US ARMY Chevrolet 38.850 185.328 Row 4: 7 29 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Chevrolet 38.877 185.199 8 20 Joey Logano Dollar General Toyota 38.878 185.195 Row 5: 9 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 38.880 185.185 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/Jimmie Johnson Foundation Chevrolet 38.893 185.123 Row 6: 11 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 38.908 185.052 12 99 Carl Edwards Subway Ford 38.919 185.000 Row 7: 13 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 38.977 184.724 14 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet 39.018 184.530 Row 8: 15 17 Matt Kenseth Ford EcoBoost Ford 39.062 184.322 16 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Allstate Chevrolet 39.116 184.068 Row 9: 17 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 39.121 184.044 18 10 David Reutimann Accell Construction Chevrolet 39.149 183.913 Row 10: 19 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet 39.185 183.744 20 30 David Stremme @TheNascarFans Toyota 39.259 183.397 Row 11: 21 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 39.263 183.379 22 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row/Farm American Chevrolet 39.333 183.052 Row 12: 23 51 Kurt Busch Phoenix Construction Services Inc. Chevrolet 39.413 182.681 24 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 39.439 182.560 Row 13: 25 22 AJ Allmendinger Southern California AAA Dodge 39.443 182.542 26 47 Bobby Labonte Charter Toyota 39.464 182.445 Row 14: 27 27 Paul Menard Menards/CertainTeed Chevrolet 39.481 182.366 28 43 Aric Almirola Medallion Financial Ford 39.540 182.094 Row 15: 29 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 39.559 182.007 30 26 Josh Wise # MDS Ford 39.760 181.087 Row 16: 31 83 Landon Cassill Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 39.812 180.850 32 98 Michael McDowell Curb Records Ford 39.865 180.610 Row 17: 33 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 39.880 180.542 34 36 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 39.904 180.433 Row 18: 35 23 Scott Riggs North TX Pipe Chevrolet 39.921 180.356 36 49 JJ Yeley America Israel Racing Chevrolet 39.934 180.297 Row 19: 37 33 Brendan Gaughan South Point Casino Chevrolet 40.087 179.609 38 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 40.119 179.466 Row 20: 39 19 Mike Bliss(i) TriStar Motorsports Toyota 40.157 179.296 40 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 40.254 178.864 Row 21: 41 38 David Gilliland 1-800 LoanMart Ford 40.313 178.602 42 32 Ken Schrader US Chrome/1 Less Than 2 Ltd. Ford Owner Points Row 22: 43 74 Reed Sorenson(i) Turn One Racing Chevrolet 40.194 179.131 Did Not Qualify: # 7 Robby Gordon; # 87 Joe Nemechek(i); # 37 Timmy Hill #. Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs Chevrolet 19 0 Ford 11 1 Dodge 2 1 Toyota 11 1 (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series.