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Auto racing | Johnson wins pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup event
Jimmie Johnson will go for a Dover sweep from the pole. Johnson, a three-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, turned a lap...
DOVER, Del. — Jimmie Johnson will go for a Dover sweep from the pole.
Johnson, a three-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, turned a lap of 157.356 mph Friday at Dover International Speedway. He led a career-high 298 laps in May to win at the Monster Mile.
"It does carry you, and there is an aspect of momentum," said Johnson, who has four career victories at the track. "But at the same time, you've got to go out and perform."
The top four qualifying spots for Sunday's race went to drivers who are in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
The AAA 400 is the second of 10 races in the 12-driver Chase. Juan Pablo Montoya qualified in second, Ryan Newman was third and Greg Biffle of Vancouver, Wash., was fourth. Kasey Kahne of Enumclaw was sixth.
Kahne is 12th in the Chase standings, 161 points behind leader Mark Martin.
"Hopefully everybody has a bad race and if not, if some of them do, we gain some points back and just do the best job that we can," Kahne said. "At this point, all that we can do is try hard."
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