Brian Vickers wins Talladega pole, full qualifying results for Geico 500

Brian Vickers set the fast time in Saturday’s qualifying session for the Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

The driver of the No. 55 Aaron’s Toyota Camry will be joined by Jimmie Johnson on the front row of Sunday’s race which consists of 188 laps around the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway.

Coverage of Sunday’s race will air on ESPN beginning at 2:00 pm ET with the green flag set to wave at 2:19 pm ET.

Jamie McMurray won this event a year ago while Denny Hamlin was victorious when the Sprint Cup Series visited here in the spring.

Qualifying Results for Talladega

1. Brian Vickers
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. AJ Allmendinger
4. Ryan Blaney
5. Brad Keselowski
6. Michael McDowell
7. Travis Kvapil
8. Kasey Kahne
9. Terry Labonte
10. Michael Annett
11. Ryan Newman
12. Martin Truex Jr.
13. Matt Kenseth
14. Alex Bowman
15. Carl Edwards
16. Trevor Bayne
17. Aric Almirola
18. Kurt Busch
19. Casey Mears
20. Paul Menard
21. David Gilliland
22. Cole Whitt
23. Mike Wallace
24. Greg Biffle
25. David Ragan
26. Marcos Ambrose
27. Danica Patrick
28. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
29. Landon Cassill
30. Austin Dillon
31. Jamie McMurray
32. JJ Yeley
33. Clint Bowyer
34. Michael Waltrip
35. Josh Wise
36. Reed Sorenson
37. Tony Stewart
38. Denny Hamlin
39. Kevin Harvick
40. Joey Logano
41. Kyle Busch
42. Kyle Larson
43. Jeff Gordon

Failing to make the race were Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Justin Allgaier and Joe Nemechek. The No. 29 car of Nemechek originally made the race but was later disqualified after inspection.