For the 49th time in his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career and the sixth time at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Ryan Newman, No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet, will lead the 43-car field to the green flag.
Newman’s pole-winning effort for the Sylvania 300 is his third Coors Light pole of the 2011 season.
Kevin Harvick will start the No. 29 Budweiser Designated Driver Chevrolet from the sixth position Sunday afternoon at the Magic Mile.
Four-time NSCS champion Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, will roll on in seventh position with five-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson in the 10th starting position behind the wheel of the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet.
Kasey Kahne (Toyota), Brian Vickers (Toyota), Greg Biffle (Ford) and Kurt Busch (Dodge) complete the top-five starters of the second race for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 39 HAAS AUTOMATION CHEVROLET – POLE WINNER: LOOKING AT THE TIMES, DO YOU THINK ANYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT IF THE RAIN HADN’T HAVE COME AND WASHED SOME OF THE RUBBER AWAY? “I don’t think so. If you look at what guys are picking up in qualifying over practice, it was two to three tenths and that’s right where we were. I think because of the conditions, it was cloudy all day; the track dryers probably put a little bit of heat back into the race track that the rain kind of washed out, so I think it all kind of averaged out. I was really proud of our guys to go through something like that and still be able to capitalize on it.”
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