Jimmie Johnson wins pole for Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway

Jimmie Johnson continued his dominance at Martinsville Speedway by winning the Coors Light Pole Award for the Tums Fast Relief 500. Johnson would run a lap of 19.402 seconds to win the pole, 0.013 seconds ahead of Brian Vickers. It marks the third pole for the driver of the No. 48 Lowes Chevrolet at the paperclip. “I’m really happy about is my qualifying average here the last two or three attempts that we have had if not maybe four or five attempts has been pretty low or pretty high I guess I’ve been low in the field,” he said. Johnson says he’s glad to be starting on pole as track position is important on such a tight track. “We have been lucky in years past to get away with I think in the spring I qualified 22nd and we still fortunately got a decent pit stall where guys around us we were ahead of all day long and I can get in the pit right and get pointed out,” he said. “You take a lot more risk starting back there on the track and on pit road. Very pleased about the effort, very ...