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Looks like McMurry’s good fortune continues. The #1 Bass Pro Shops Chevy Impala is sitting the pole for the Sunday’s Auto Club 500.
With his teammate  Juan Pablo Montoya in his #42 Target Chevrolet sitting in the outside front row.

“I’m a little bit shocked after winning the 500,” said McMurray in a fit of understatement.

McMurray’s qualifying lap was nearly half a second faster than his practice lap. “I think it says a lot about Earnhardt Ganassi Racing and the cars they’re building,” said McMurray, who earlier in the day visited the ACS infield care center for an antibiotic after his exhausting week of media appearances from coast to coast.

  

McMurry still riding high on emotions from his full week after winning the Daytona 500.

“It’s just unbelievable,” he said. “And I think something else that has been kind of an eye-opener is that I knew what it meant to win this race, but from the fans and from my peers in the garage, whether it’s like Tony Stewart coming up last night to dinner to congratulate me, it’s just unbelievable. I mean I’ve won a few races. And you see a few guys in the garage and they say, you know, ‘Good job.’ Everybody wants to come up and shake your hand and congratulate you. And that, honestly, is what if the most enjoyable part of it to me. As I walk through the garage, from both sides, I see people like staring at me waiting on me to get to them to shake my hand. And it’s just been wonderful.”

Clint Bowyer was the first car out of the 46 attempting to make the race, running a lap of 183.127 mph in his Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. That time stood up through the next 23 challengers, until McMurray hit the track. Bowyer ended the session third, an excellent effort.

Starting alongside Bowyer on Row 2 Sunday will be Kasey Kahne, who cranked off a lap of 182.913 mph in his Richard Petty Motorsports Ford Fusion. Completing the top five was Dave Blaney, fastest of the go-or-go-home cars at 182.908 mph.

The second five consisted of Kevin Harvick, four-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, Sam Hornish Jr., Kyle Busch and Mark Martin.

Lets hope Jammie can keep this momentum going, I for one would like to see him do well this year.

Three drivers failed to qualify: Johnny Sauter, Casey Mears and Terry Cook.

RESULTS: Auto Club 500 Qualifying

Speed TV contributed to this report.