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It's been a while since Roger Penske has been to victory lane as an owner at Darlington. In fact, it's been 40 years now since Bobby Allison swept the races at The Lady in Black while driving for Penske.

Brad Keselowski took a big step towards ending this drought for his legendary car owner. 

Channelling his inner Allison, Keselowski put down a lap of 27.492 seconds with an average speed of 178.874 mph to put his Bobby Allison themed No. 2 Ford on the pole for Sunday's Southern 500. It's Keselowski's first pole of the 2015 season and ninth pole of his Sprint Cup career.

Kurt Busch qualified in second place; the fifth time Busch has started from the front row this season. 

Defending Southern 500 champion Kevin Harvick will roll of in third place with Joey Logano starting in fourth place. Seven-time Darlington winner Jeff Gordon grabbed the fifth starting spot in what is expected to be his final start at the South Carolina track.

Denny Hamlin, who won the pole for Saturday's Xfinity race, will start in the sixth spot with Martin Truex, Jr, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr, Ryan Blaney, and Kyle Busch rounding out the top ten for Sunday's showdown.

Danica Patrick appeared to hit the wall in the first round of qualifying and is expected to go to a backup car. Josh Wise, Timmy Hill and Travis Kvapil all missed the cut and did not qualify for Sunday's race.

Starting Line Up by Row
Darlington Raceway
66th Annual Bojangles' Southern 500
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sat, September 05, 2015 @ 02:45 PM Eastern
Driver    Date    Time    Speed
Track Race Record:    Matt Kenseth     05/11/13    03:32:45    141.383
Pos    Car    Driver    Team    Time    Speed
Row 1:    1    2    Brad Keselowski    Miller High Life Ford    27.492    178.874
2    41    Kurt Busch    Haas Automation Chevrolet    27.691    177.588
Row 2:    3    4    Kevin Harvick    Budweiser/Jimmy John's Chevrolet    27.718    177.415
4    22    Joey Logano    Shell Pennzoil Ford    27.733    177.319
Row 3:    5    24    Jeff Gordon    3M Chevrolet    27.753    177.192
6    11    Denny Hamlin    Sport Clips Toyota    27.798    176.905
Row 4:    7    78    Martin Truex Jr.    Furniture Row/Visser Precision Chevrolet    27.807    176.848
8    17    Ricky Stenhouse Jr.    Cargill Ford    27.835    176.670
Row 5:    9    21    Ryan Blaney(i)    Snap-on Tools Ford    27.910    176.195
10    18    Kyle Busch    M&M's Crispy Toyota    27.929    176.075
Row 6:    11    43    Aric Almirola    STP Ford    27.947    175.962
12    27    Paul Menard    Moen/Menards Chevrolet    28.053    175.297
Row 7:    13    19    Carl Edwards    ARRIS Toyota    27.703    177.511
14    20    Matt Kenseth    Dollar General Toyota    27.749    177.217
Row 8:    15    5    Kasey Kahne    HendrickRideAlong.com Chevrolet    27.751    177.204
16    42    Kyle Larson    Mello Yello Chevrolet    27.762    177.134
Row 9:    17    14    Tony Stewart    Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet    27.776    177.045
18    6    Trevor Bayne    AdvoCare Ford    27.781    177.013
Row 10:    19    48    Jimmie Johnson    Lowe's Chevrolet    27.805    176.860
20    1    Jamie McMurray    McDonald's/Cessna Chevrolet    27.851    176.568
Row 11:    21    55    David Ragan    Ol' Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota    27.899    176.264
22    25    Chase Elliott(i)    NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet    27.922    176.119
Row 12:    23    31    Ryan Newman    Caterpillar Chevrolet    27.950    175.943
24    16    Greg Biffle    Ortho Ford    32.037    153.498
Row 13:    25    83    Matt DiBenedetto #    Cosmo Motors Toyota    27.730    177.339
26    88    Dale Earnhardt Jr.    Valvoline Chevrolet    27.783    177.000
Row 14:    27    51    Justin Allgaier    Brandt Chevrolet    27.783    177.000
28    15    Clint Bowyer    Buddy Baker Tribute Toyota    27.828    176.714
Row 15:    29    3    Austin Dillon    American Ethanol Chevrolet    27.833    176.682
30    10    Danica Patrick    GoDaddy Chevrolet    27.844    176.613
Row 16:    31    40    Landon Cassill(i)    #Snap Honor Chevrolet    27.847    176.594
32    13    Casey Mears    GEICO Chevrolet    27.860    176.511
Row 17:    33    9    Sam Hornish Jr.    Winn Dixie Ford    27.882    176.372
34    47    AJ Allmendinger    Kroger/House-Autry Chevrolet    27.918    176.144
Row 18:    35    7    Alex Bowman    Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet    27.937    176.025
36    26    JJ Yeley(i)    Beds For Kids Toyota    27.944    175.981
Row 19:    37    35    Cole Whitt    Speed Stick Ford    Owner Points
38    38    David Gilliland    Love's Travel Stops Ford    Owner Points
Row 20:    39    46    Michael Annett    Pilot Flying J Chevrolet    Owner Points
40    34    Brett Moffitt #    Dockside Ford    Owner Points
Row 21:    41    23    Jeb Burton #    Estes Toyota    Owner Points
42    33    Mike Bliss(i)    Little Joe's Auto Chevrolet    Owner Points
Row 22:    43    98    TJ Bell    Premium Motorsports Ford    Owner Points
Did Not Qualify:    # 32 Josh Wise; # 62 Timmy Hill(i); # 30 Travis Kvapil(i). 
Manufacturer    Starting Lineup    DNQs    Manufacturer    Starting Lineup    DNQs
Chevrolet    22    2    Toyota    9    0
Ford    12    1
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series