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Richmond NASCAR: Brad Keselowski claims fourth pole of 2014

Brad Keselowski secured his fourth pole position of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season after topping Friday's qualifying session at Richmond

The Penske driver, who also started on the front row at the same venue in April, took advantage of a brief moment of cloud cover during the final qualifying phase to produce a fastest lap of 21.324 seconds (126.618mph).

Jeff Gordon's effort was good enough to put him alongside Keselowski on the front row, while his Hendrick Motorsports team-mate Jimmie Johnson was best of the rest.

Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano rounded out the top five.

Danica Patrick, who earned a career-best finish of sixth at Atlanta last weekend, was bumped out of the top 12 in the final moments and will start from 13th.

Tony Stewart's hopes of claiming a win and getting himself into the Chase will require him to find a way towards the front from 19th on the grid.

Neither David Ragan nor Ryan Truex made it through pre-qualifying tech inspection, relegating them to 42nd and 43rd respectively, while Clay Rogers failed to make the field.

Pos Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 21.324s -
2 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.422s 0.098s
3 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.446s 0.122s
4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.453s 0.129s
5 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 21.486s 0.162s
6 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 21.491s 0.167s
7 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.518s 0.194s
8 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.586s 0.262s
9 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.615s 0.291s
10 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.658s 0.334s
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.676s 0.352s
12 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.693s 0.369s
13 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.629s -
14 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.653s -
15 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.653s -
16 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.666s -
17 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.674s -
18 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 21.688s -
19 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.700s -
20 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.706s -
21 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.713s -
22 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 21.720s -
23 A.J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 21.726s -
24 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.727s -
25 Alex Bowman BK Racing Toyota 21.730s -
26 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 21.735s -
27 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 21.737s -
28 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.773s -
29 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 21.794s -
30 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.812s -
31 David Stremme Circle Sport Chevrolet 21.824s -
32 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 21.830s -
33 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 21.873s -
34 Landon Cassill Circle Sport Chevrolet 21.882s -
35 Cole Whitt Swan Racing Toyota 21.889s -
36 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 21.903s -
37 Travis Kvapil Go FAS Racing Ford 21.911s -
38 J.J. Yeley BK Racing Toyota 21.922s -
39 Mike Bliss Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 22.064s -
40 Michael Annett Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 22.085s -
41 Joe Nemechek Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 22.174s -
42 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford - -
43 Ryan Truex BK Racing Toyota - -
- Clay Rogers Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 21.993s -

Qualifying format: 1st-12th from final qualifying, 13th-43rd from round one.

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