NEWMAN TAKES NEW HAMPSHIRE POLE

Qualifying Fast Facts
New Hampshire Motor Speedway
19th Annual LENOX Industrial Tools 301
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, July 15, 2011 @ 04:46 PM Eastern
Coors Light Pole Winner: Ryan Newman
Age: 33
Team : No. 39 - U.S. Army Chevrolet
Owner: Tony Stewart
Crew Chief: Tony Gibson
Ryan Newman won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 19th Annual LENOX Industrial Tools 301 with a track qualifying record lap of 28.165 seconds, 135.232 mph.
The previous record was set by Brad Keselowski last September (28.515 sec./133.572 mph).
This is his 47th pole in 351 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. He now sits alone in 10th on the all-time poles list.
This is his first pole and seventh top-10 start in 2011. His last pole came at Charlotte in May of last season.
This is his series-leading fifth pole in 19 races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Tony Stewart (second) posted his fifth top-10 start of 2011 and his 16th in 25 races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
David Reutimann (third) posted his third top-10 start at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.  It is his fifth in 19 races this season.