PÅ de tre næste pladser kom der Chevrolet kørere med Jamie McMurray (#1) foran Jeff Gordon (#24) og Jimmie Johnson (#48).
Bedst placerede Ford og Dodge kører var henholdsvis Aric Almirola (#9) og Sam Hornish Jr. (#77), se sluttede på 8. og 14. pladserne.
De to tidligere Formel 1 kørere Scott Speed (#82 - Toyota) og Juan Pablo Nontoya (#42 - Chevrolet) placerede sig på 13. og 36. pladserne.
Tiderne fra 1. fri træning:
 |
| Pl. |
# |
Kører |
Mærke |
Tid |
Mph. |
 |
| 1 |
11 |
Denny Hamlin |
Toyota |
47,485 |
201,664 |
| 2 |
18 |
Kyle Busch |
Toyota |
47,616 |
201,109 |
| 3 |
1 |
Jamie McMurray |
Chevrolet |
48,441 |
197,684 |
 |
| 4 |
24 |
Jeff Gordon |
Chevrolet |
48,446 |
197,663 |
| 5 |
48 |
Jimmie Johnson |
Chevrolet |
48,773 |
196,338 |
| 6 |
47 |
Marcos Ambrose |
Toyota |
48,791 |
196,266 |
 |
| 7 |
83 |
Kasey Kahne |
Toyota |
48,791 |
196,266 |
| 8 |
9 |
Aric Almirola |
Ford |
48,795 |
196,250 |
| 9 |
5 |
Mark Martin |
Chevrolet |
48,810 |
196,189 |
 |
| 10 |
88 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
Chevrolet |
48,839 |
196,073 |
| 11 |
20 |
Joey Logano |
Toyota |
48,894 |
195,852 |
| 12 |
78 |
Regan Smith |
Chevrolet |
48,905 |
195,808 |
 |
| 13 |
82 |
Scott Speed |
Toyota |
48,940 |
195,668 |
| 14 |
77 |
Sam Hornish Jr. |
Dodge |
48,969 |
195,552 |
| 15 |
99 |
Carl Edwards |
Ford |
49,013 |
195,377 |
 |
| 16 |
33 |
Clint Bowyer |
Chevrolet |
49,087 |
195,082 |
| 17 |
17 |
Matt Kenseth |
Ford |
49,121 |
194,947 |
| 18 |
12 |
Brad Keselowski |
Dodge |
49,124 |
194,935 |
 |
| 19 |
34 |
Robert Richardson Jr. |
Ford |
49,137 |
194,884 |
| 20 |
43 |
A.J. Allmendinger |
Ford |
49,178 |
194,721 |
| 21 |
14 |
Tony Stewart |
Chevrolet |
49,209 |
194,598 |
 |
| 22 |
31 |
Jeff Burton |
Chevrolet |
49,229 |
194,520 |
| 23 |
56 |
Martin Truex Jr. |
Toyota |
49,239 |
194,480 |
| 24 |
98 |
Paul Menard |
Ford |
49,243 |
194,464 |
 |
| 25 |
00 |
David Reutimann |
Toyota |
49,246 |
194,452 |
| 26 |
37 |
David Gilliland |
Ford |
49,268 |
194,365 |
| 27 |
6 |
David Ragan |
Ford |
49,299 |
194,243 |
 |
| 28 |
7 |
Kevin Conway* |
Toyota |
49,363 |
193,992 |
| 29 |
16 |
Greg Biffle |
Ford |
49,368 |
193,972 |
| 30 |
2 |
Kurt Busch |
Dodge |
49,405 |
193,827 |
 |
| 31 |
29 |
Kevin Harvick |
Chevrolet |
49,521 |
193,372 |
| 32 |
19 |
Elliott Sadler |
Ford |
49,547 |
193,271 |
| 33 |
39 |
Ryan Newman |
Chevrolet |
49,564 |
193,205 |
 |
| 34 |
71 |
Chad McCumbee |
Chevrolet |
49,687 |
192,727 |
| 35 |
87 |
Joe Nemechek |
Toyota |
51,859 |
184,654 |
| 36 |
42 |
Juan Pablo Montoya |
Chevrolet |
52,014 |
184,104 |
 |
| 37 |
09 |
Bobby Labonte |
Chevrolet |
52,477 |
182,480 |
| 38 |
46 |
Michael McDowell |
Chevrolet |
52,521 |
182,327 |
| 39 |
13 |
Casey Mears |
Toyota |
52,542 |
182,254 |
 |
| 40 |
36 |
Dave Blaney |
Chevrolet |
52,587 |
182,098 |
| 41 |
55 |
Michael Waltrip |
Toyota |
52,645 |
181,898 |
| 42 |
26 |
Bill Elliott |
Ford |
53,111 |
180,302 |
 |
| 43 |
38 |
Travis Kvapil |
Ford |
53,161 |
180,132 |
| 44 |
164 |
Landon Cassill |
Toyota |
53,276 |
179,743 |
 |
* = rookie. Hr. Nielsen
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