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New Hampshire NASCAR: Ryan Newman claims pole

Ryan Newman surged to pole for the New Hampshire NASCAR Sprint Cup race with a run late in qualifying

It looked unlikely that anyone would topple Kasey Kahne from his provisional pole position for most of the afternoon.

But Newman's Stewart-Haas Chevrolet emerged from the qualifying line late in the session and did two laps good enough for pole.

His best of 27.904 seconds and 136.497mph edged out Kahne's Hendrick Chevrolet by 0.085s.

Jeff Gordon was one of the remaining threats to Newman, though that seemed unlikely when his first lap was only good enough for 23rd.

The Hendrick man's second lap was far quicker, taking him to third ahead of Kurt Busch.

Martin Truex Jr gave his troubled Michael Waltrip Racing team a slight lift by qualifying fifth, ahead of Joey Logano.

Childress duo Paul Menard and Kevin Harvick fill row five, ahead of championship leader Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle.

The latter was the only one of the Roush Fenway trio to run strongly. Carl Edwards and Ricky Stenhouse Jr start way down in 26th and 31st places.

Veteran Kenny Wallace stood in for Brian Vickers while the Waltrip driver was on Nationwide duty at Kentucky and was 26th fastest.

Several driver line-ups in the lower half of the field have been shuffled for this weekend. Most notable changes were Michael McDowell moving from Phil Parsons Racing to Phoenix Racing and qualifying 27th, while rookie driver Kevin Swindell made his Cup debut for Swan and claimed 33rd.

Josh Wise failed to set a time after his Front Row Ford blew a tyre and crashed.

Pos  Driver              Team/Car                     Time     Gap
 1.  Ryan Newman         Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       27.904s
 2.  Kasey Kahne         Hendrick Chevrolet           27.989s  +0.085s
 3.  Jeff Gordon         Hendrick Chevrolet           27.995s  +0.091s
 4.  Kurt Busch          Furniture Row Chevrolet      28.033s  +0.129s
 5.  Martin Truex Jr     Waltrip Toyota               28.081s  +0.177s
 6.  Joey Logano         Penske Ford                  28.104s  +0.200s
 7.  Paul Menard         Childress Chevrolet          28.117s  +0.213s
 8.  Kevin Harvick       Childress Chevrolet          28.128s  +0.224s
 9.  Matt Kenseth        Joe Gibbs Toyota             28.136s  +0.232s
10.  Greg Biffle         Roush Fenway Ford            28.170s  +0.266s
11.  Jimmie Johnson      Hendrick Chevrolet           28.187s  +0.283s
12.  Kyle Busch          Joe Gibbs Toyota             28.193s  +0.289s
13.  Aric Almirola       Petty Ford                   28.198s  +0.294s
14.  Denny Hamlin        Joe Gibbs Toyota             28.209s  +0.305s
15.  Juan Pablo Montoya  Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet  28.216s  +0.312s
16.  Clint Bowyer        Waltrip Toyota               28.236s  +0.332s
17.  Dale Earnhardt Jr   Hendrick Chevrolet           28.323s  +0.419s
18.  Mark Martin         Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       28.335s  +0.431s
19.  David Ragan         Front Row Ford               28.362s  +0.458s
20.  Brad Keselowski     Penske Ford                  28.378s  +0.474s
21.  Danica Patrick      Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       28.383s  +0.479s
22.  Marcos Ambrose      Petty Ford                   28.396s  +0.492s
23.  Jamie McMurray      Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet  28.428s  +0.524s
24.  David Gilliland     Front Row Ford               28.468s  +0.564s
25.  Jeff Burton         Childress Chevrolet          28.473s  +0.569s
26.  Carl Edwards        Roush Fenway Ford            28.501s  +0.597s
27.  Michael McDowell    Phoenix Chevrolet            28.520s  +0.616s
28.  Bobby Labonte       JTG Daugherty Toyota         28.526s  +0.622s
29.  Kenny Wallace       Waltrip Toyota               28.550s  +0.646s
30.  Travis Kvapil       BK Toyota                    28.573s  +0.669s
31.  Ricky Stenhouse Jr  Roush Fenway Ford            28.577s  +0.673s
32.  Landon Cassill      Hillman Chevrolet            28.601s  +0.697s
33.  Kevin Swindell      Swan Toyota                  28.775s  +0.871s
34.  Casey Mears         Germain Ford                 28.804s  +0.900s
35.  David Reutimann     BK Toyota                    28.811s  +0.907s
36.  Joe Nemechek        NEMCO Toyota                 28.819s  +0.915s
37.  JJ Yeley            Baldwin Chevrolet            28.835s  +0.931s
38.  Dave Blaney         Baldwin Chevrolet            28.844s  +0.940s
39.  Tony Raines         Circle Sport Chevrolet       28.965s  +1.061s
40.  Scott Riggs         Leavine Ford                 29.067s  +1.163s
41.  Johnny Sauter       Parsons Ford                 29.161s  +1.257s
42.  Timmy Hill          FAS Lane Ford                29.579s  +1.675s
43.  Josh Wise           Front Row Ford

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