NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: AAA 400 at Dover - Race Line-Up

Jimmie Johnson celebrates winning the Coors Light Pole Award for the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway.

Jimmie Johnson celebrates winning the Coors Light Pole Award for the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway.

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Jimmie Johnson scorched the field in qualifying at Dover International Speedway on Friday to grab the pole for the AAA 400.

Johnson, who won at Dover in May, lapped the one-mile concrete oval at 157.356 m.p.h. (22.878 seconds) in his No.48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet for his second pole of the season and the 21st of his Sprint Cup Series career. He also won the pole for the 2007 Dover fall race. Kansas City Star

Johnson edged Juan Montoya (156.699 mph), whose No. 42 Chevrolet was the first car on the track.

Ryan Newman (156.393 mph) qualified third and Greg Biffle (156.284 mph) will start fourth, as Chase for the Sprint Cup drivers occupied the top four spots and six of the top seven.

David Reutimann, Kasey Kahne, Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer, Sam Hornish Jr. and Paul Menard completed the top 10. NASCAR

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE
1	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet
2	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet
3	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet
4	16	Greg Biffle	Ford
5	0	David Reutimann	Toyota
6	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge
7	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet
8	33	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet
9	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge
10	98	Paul Menard	Ford
11	20	Joey Logano*	Toyota
12	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota
13	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota
14	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet
15	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota
16	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge
17	12	David Stremme	Dodge
18	171	David Gilliland	Chevrolet
19	44	A.J. Allmendinger	Dodge
20	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet
21	6	David Ragan	Ford
22	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet
23	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford
24	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet
25	26	Jamie McMurray	Ford
26	43	Reed Sorenson	Dodge
27	47	Marcos Ambrose	Toyota
28	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet
29	7	Casey Mears	Chevrolet
30	99	Carl Edwards	Ford
31	7	Robby Gordon	Toyota
32	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet
33	78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet
34	19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge
35	66	Dave Blaney	Toyota
36	9	Mike Bliss	Dodge
37	34	John Andretti	Chevrolet
38	55	Michael Waltrip	Toyota
39	82	Scott Speed*	Toyota
40	187	Joe Nemechek	Toyota
41	96	Bobby Labonte	Ford
42	37	Tony Raines	Dodge
43	36	Michael McDowell	Toyota

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