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Joey Logano becomes youngest Pocono polesitter as Toyota dominates

Joey Logano became the youngest pole-sitter at Pocono Raceway as Toyota-powered cars dominated qualifying for Sunday's Sprint Cup series race

The 21-year-old set a fastest lap of 52.309s, at an average speed of 172.055mph, bumping Michael Waltrip Racing's Martin Truex from provisional pole.

Red Bull Racing's Kasey Kahne came closest to Logano's benchmark, but felt he left some speed on the table after deciding to avoid downshifting to third at Turn 1, as most of the fastest drivers did.

Logano's pole is his second of the season and the third of his Sprint Cup career. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver is currently 19th in the points and in need of a victory to contend for a potential Chase spot.

Kahne's second place mirrors his qualifying from last week at Indianapolis, where from the front row he dominated in the early going. The Red Bull driver, a former Pocono winner, was among the fastest in race-trim during the final practice session on Friday, also setting the fastest overall time in the session.

Truex Jr ensured a top three qualifying sweep for Toyota, while points' leader Carl Edwards was fourth as the fastest Ford for Roush Fenway Racing.

June Pocono pole-sitter Kurt Busch rounded out the top five, while Logano's Joe Gibbs Racing team-mate Denny Hamlin was sixth after holding on to provisional pole for most of the session.

The Richard Childress Racing cars were all top-15, with Brickyard 400 winner Paul Menard being the fastest of them in seventh. Stewart-Haas's Ryan Newman had posted the fastest lap on Friday during practice but ended up only 12th, ahead of Penske's Brad Keselowski.

June Pocono winner Jeff Gordon had a good lap going but ended up brushing the SAFER barrier at the exit of Turn 2, ending up only 31st in the order.

Despite a threat of rain and overcast skies all though the session, all 46 cars were able to set qualifying times to complete the starting order for Sunday's event.

Todd Bodine was the fastest of the non-guaranteed drivers in 30th while his brother Geoffrey, TJ Bell and Mike Skinner failed to make the field.


Pos  Driver              Team/Car                     Time     Gap
 1.  Joey Logano         Gibbs Toyota                 52.309s
 2.  Kasey Kahne         Red Bull Toyota              52.433s  + 0.124s
 3.  Martin Truex Jr     Waltrip Toyota               52.480s  + 0.171s
 4.  Carl Edwards        Roush Fenway Ford            52.486s  + 0.177s
 5.  Kurt Busch          Penske Dodge                 52.488s  + 0.179s
 6.  Denny Hamlin        Gibbs Toyota                 52.494s  + 0.185s
 7.  Paul Menard         Childress Chevrolet          52.518s  + 0.209s
 8.  Jeff Burton         Childress Chevrolet          52.519s  + 0.210s
 9.  Greg Biffle         Roush Fenway Ford            52.579s  + 0.270s
10.  Kevin Harvick       Childress Chevrolet          52.594s  + 0.285s
11.  Kyle Busch          Gibbs Toyota                 52.607s  + 0.298s
12.  Ryan Newman         Stewart Haas Chevrolet       52.697s  + 0.388s
13.  Brad Keselowski     Penske Dodge                 52.739s  + 0.430s
14.  Clint Bowyer        Childress Chevrolet          52.749s  + 0.440s
15.  David Ragan         Roush Fenway Ford            52.749s  + 0.440s
16.  Jamie McMurray      Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet  52.758s  + 0.449s
17.  Regan Smith         Furniture Row Chevrolet      52.768s  + 0.459s
18.  Jimmie Johnson      Hendrick Chevrolet           52.774s  + 0.465s
19.  Dale Earnhardt Jr   Hendrick Chevrolet           52.784s  + 0.475s
20.  Matt Kenseth        Roush Fenway Ford            52.805s  + 0.496s
21.  Dave Blaney         Baldwin Chevrolet            52.845s  + 0.536s
22.  Bobby Labonte       JTG Daugherty Toyota         52.854s  + 0.545s
23.  Juan Pablo Montoya  Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet  52.891s  + 0.582s
24.  David Gilliland     Front Row Ford               52.920s  + 0.611s
25.  Mark Martin         Hendrick Chevrolet           52.928s  + 0.619s
26.  Brian Vickers       Red Bull Toyota              52.944s  + 0.635s
27.  Marcos Ambrose      Petty Ford                   52.980s  + 0.671s
28.  Tony Stewart        Stewart Haas Chevrolet       53.024s  + 0.715s
29.  AJ Allmendinger     Petty Ford                   53.057s  + 0.748s
30.  Todd Bodine         HP Toyota                    53.131s  + 0.822s
31.  Jeff Gordon         Hendrick Chevrolet           53.142s  + 0.833s
32.  Casey Mears         Germain Toyota               53.148s  + 0.839s
33.  David Reutimann     Waltrip Toyota               53.149s  + 0.840s
34.  JJ Yeley            Whitney Chevrolet            53.283s  + 0.974s
35.  Eric Darnell        Red Lone Ford                53.371s  + 1.062s
36.  Landon Cassill      Phoenix Chevrolet            53.410s  + 1.101s
37.  David Stremme       Inception Chevrolet          53.606s  + 1.297s
38.  Robby Gordon        Gordon Dodge                 53.637s  + 1.328s
39.  Travis Kvapil       Front Row Ford               53.698s  + 1.389s
40.  Scott Speed         Max Q Ford                   53.757s  + 1.448s
41.  Jason White         Gunbroker Ford               53.839s  + 1.530s
42.  Andy Lally          TRG Chevrolet                53.935s  + 1.626s
43.  Joe Nemechek        NEMCO Toyota                 38.806s  + 1.497s

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