Carl Edwards hustles his Ford through turn one in pracitce Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Edwards was fastest in final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, just ahead of teammate David Ragan. Edwards would carry that speed over into qualifying, scoring the pole for Sunday's Ford 400. Photo by Chris Trotman, Getty Images for NASCAR
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points leader Carl Edwards fired the first shot in the down-to-the-wire title battle Saturday by scoring the pole position for today’s Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Edwards toured the speedway with a lap ot 30.775 secinds, 175.467 mph.
His competition for the title, two time champion Tony Steward, qualified 15th.
In the era of the Chase for the Cup, three eventualy champions have won the pole position at Homestead: Kurt Busch (2004) and Jimmie Johnson (2007 and 2009).
Martin Truex, Jr. will start alongside Edwards, posting his 13th top-10 start of 2011.
Phoenix winner Kasey Kahne will roll off third.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Homestead-Miami Speedway – Homestead, FL
Ford 400 Qualifying – Nov. 19, 2011
| Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Time | Speed(mph) |
| 1 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 30.775 | 175.467 |
| 2 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 30.891 | 174.808 |
| 3 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | 30.931 | 174.582 |
| 4 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | 30.942 | 174.520 |
| 5 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | 30.947 | 174.492 |
| 6 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | 30.950 | 174.475 |
| 7 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 30.957 | 174.436 |
| 8 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 31.015 | 174.109 |
| 9 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 31.017 | 174.098 |
| 10 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 31.040 | 173.969 |
| 11 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | 31.051 | 173.907 |
| 12 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | 31.082 | 173.734 |
| 13 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | 31.092 | 173.678 |
| 14 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 31.147 | 173.371 |
| 15 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 31.154 | 173.332 |
| 16 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | 31.156 | 173.321 |
| 17 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | 31.164 | 173.277 |
| 18 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 31.165 | 173.271 |
| 19 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 31.169 | 173.249 |
| 20 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 31.185 | 173.160 |
| 21 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 31.186 | 173.155 |
| 22 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 31.197 | 173.094 |
| 23 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 31.199 | 173.082 |
| 24 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | 31.220 | 172.966 |
| 25 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | 31.234 | 172.889 |
| 26 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 31.268 | 172.701 |
| 27 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chevrolet | 31.276 | 172.656 |
| 28 | 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | 31.318 | 172.425 |
| 29 | 84 | Cole Whitt | Toyota | 31.324 | 172.392 |
| 30 | 55 | J.J. Yeley | Ford | 31.397 | 171.991 |
| 31 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | 31.428 | 171.821 |
| 32 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | 31.453 | 171.685 |
| 33 | 18 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | 31.568 | 171.059 |
| 34 | 35 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | 31.574 | 171.027 |
| 35 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | 31.601 | 170.881 |
| 36 | 30 | David Stremme | Chevrolet | 31.601 | 170.881 |
| 37 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 31.657 | 170.578 |
| 38 | 34 | David Gilliland | Ford | 31.738 | 170.143 |
| 39 | 13 | Casey Mears | Toyota | 31.778 | 169.929 |
| 40 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Owner Points | 169.178 |
| 41 | 77 | T.J. Bell | Ford | Owner Points | 167.707 |
| 42 | 36 | Geoffrey Bodine | Chevrolet | Owner Points | 162.842 |
| 43 | 71 | Mike Bliss | Ford | 31.776 | 169.940 |
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| Did Not Qualify | ||||
| No. | Driver | Car | Time | Speed(mph) |
| 7 | Reed Sorenson | Dodge | 31.885 | 169.359 |
| 46 | Scott Speed | Ford | 31.853 | 169.529 |
| 93 | Grant Enfinger | Chevrolet | 32.568 | 165.807 |
| 37 | Mike Skinner | Ford | 32.031 | 168.587 |
| 92 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | 32.186 | 167.775 |
