With a record-breaking lap of 28.165 seconds/135.232 m.p.h. lap, Ryan Newman put the No. 39 US Army Chevrolet on the pole for the 47th time in his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) career today at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS). Team owner and teammate Tony Stewart, No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet, will start alongside in the second position.
It is Newman’s fifth pole at NHMS; the sixth pole for the Stewart-Haas Racing organization, but the first time both SHR Chevrolet race cars will start side-by-side at the front of the field.
David Reutimann (134.763 mph), fresh from a second-place run at Kentucky, will start third, followed by Kurt Busch (134.340 mph) and Penske Racing teammate Keselowski (134.150 mph). Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Juan Montoya, Paul Menard and Kasey Kahne will start from positions 6 through 10, respectively.
“Reutimann clipped off a lap that I didn’t think could be beat,” Newman said. “But I’m just proud of the U.S. Army team and everybody at Stewart-Haas to get our first front row together, first of all, but for us to be the winning car and have a good start for the entire weekend.
“The car felt good in practice. The lap itself was nice and smooth. I wouldn’t say it was perfect, but it was good enough, and if we can make that a little bit better for Sunday, we’ll be in really good shape.”
Series points leader Kyle Busch qualified 19th. NASCAR.com
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 2 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 3 0 David Reutimann Toyota 4 22 Kurt Busch Dodge 5 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 6 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 7 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 8 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 9 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 10 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota 11 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 12 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 13 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 14 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 15 99 Carl Edwards Ford 16 20 Joey Logano Toyota 17 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 18 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 19 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 20 16 Greg Biffle Ford 21 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 22 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 23 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 24 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 25 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 26 6 David Ragan Ford 27 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 28 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 29 30 David Stremme Chevrolet 30 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 31 13 Casey Mears Toyota 32 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 33 66 Michael McDowell Toyota 34 34 David Gilliland Ford 35 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 36 55 Jeff Green Ford 37 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 38 38 J.J. Yeley Ford 39 60 Mike Skinner Toyota 40 46 Erik Darnell Chevrolet 41 32 Mike Bliss Ford 42 7 Scott Wimmer+ Dodge 43 71 Andy Lally* Ford
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