Toyota/Save Mart 350: Kasey Kahne Takes Pole at Infineon Raceway
Kasey Kahne, who's been on something of a winning streak, continued his good fortune by setting the fastest lap Friday evening at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. Hendrick Motorsports' senior members Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon posted good qualifying times on the road course (2nd and 5th respectively). Starting third on Sunday will be a Busch, and no, not the one with M&Ms on his car. Big brother Kurt will roll off the line on the inside of row 2.
With the exception of Denny Hamlin who qualified a decent 13th, Joe Gibbs Racing struggled a bit in qualifying. Kyle Busch will start a dismal 30th and Tony Stewart will roll off a surprising 39th.
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Bobby Labonte and Elliot Sadler, who haven't had the best luck this season will be starting 4th and 6th respectively. As for the "Road Course Ringers" such as Boris Said and Ron Fellows made the race but didn't take the top spots as they usually do in the road course events.
It was also great to see owner/driver Robby Gordon, NASCAR's lone (I believe, correct me if mistaken) single car team qualifying well, Gordon will start 8th Sunday.
For anyone who hasn't yet accessed NASCAR.com to get the lineup for Sunday's race, here it is (Courtesy of NASCAR.com):
1 9 Kasey Kahne
2 48 Jimmie Johnson
3 2 Kurt Busch
4 43 Bobby Labonte
5 24 Jeff Gordon
6 19 Elliott Sadler
7 21 Marcos Ambrose
8 7 Robby Gordon
9 12 Ryan Newman
10 45 Terry Labonte
11 16 Greg Biffle
12 99 Carl Edwards
13 11 Denny Hamlin
14 160 Boris Said
15 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
16 22 Dave Blaney
17 77 Sam Hornish Jr.
18 26 Jamie McMurray
19 07 Clint Bowyer
20 31 Jeff Burton
21 42 Juan Montoya
22 01 Ron Fellows
23 5 Casey Mears
24 78 Joe Nemechek
25 1 Martin Truex Jr.
26 83 Brian Vickers
27 41 Scott Pruett
28 66 Max Papis
29 15 Paul Menard
30 18 Kyle Busch
31 38 David Gilliland
32 29 Kevin Harvick
33 17 Matt Kenseth
34 00 Michael McDowell
35 55 Michael Waltrip
36 84 A.J. Allmendinger
37 10 Patrick Carpentier
38 6 David Ragan
39 20 Tony Stewart
40 8 Aric Almirola
41 28 Travis Kvapil
42 44 David Reutimann
43 34 Brian Simo
