Kahne Takes Richmond Pole

Kasey Kahne took his third pole position in as many races for Saturday night's Chevey American Revolution 400 at Richmond

He became the first driver at Richmond to win pole for both the Nextel Cup and races.

Kahne edged out Ryan Newman with a 129.964mph lap. Newman was driving a spare car after crashing in practice and put in a fractionally slower lap at 129.801 mph.

"I was worried about Ryan Newman," Kahne said. "I knew he was in a backup car, but I knew he was going to be fast."

Qualifying for the Chevy American Revolution 400
Richmond International Raceway:

Pos  Driver              Make       Speed (mph)
 1.  Kasey Kahne         Dodge      129.964
 2.  Ryan Newman         Dodge      129.801
 3.  Tony Stewart        Chevrolet  129.546
 4.  Kurt Busch          Ford       129.453
 5.  Elliott Sadler      Ford       129.063
 6.  Ricky Rudd          Ford       128.989
 7.  Kevin Harvick       Chevrolet  128.928
 8.  Rusty Wallace       Dodge      128.891
 9.  Greg Biffle         Ford       128.866
10.  Kyle Busch*         Chevrolet  128.848
11.  Carl Edwards        Ford       128.792
12.  Jeff Burton         Chevrolet  128.786
13.  Johnny Sauter       Dodge      128.762
14.  Mark Martin         Ford       128.719
15.  Jeremy Mayfield     Dodge      128.602
16.  Casey Mears         Dodge      128.455
17.  Jamie McMurray      Dodge      128.449
18.  Jeff Green          Dodge      128.315
19.  Dave Blaney         Chevrolet  128.272
20.  Jeff Gordon         Chevrolet  128.248
21.  Travis Kvapil*      Dodge      128.090
22.  Sterling Marlin     Dodge      128.071
23.  Michael Waltrip     Chevrolet  128.053
24.  Mike Bliss          Chevrolet  128.053
25.  Joe Nemechek        Chevrolet  128.023
26.  Matt Kenseth        Ford       127.980
27.  Dale Earnhardt Jr.  Chevrolet  127.956
28.  Jimmie Johnson      Chevrolet  127.944
29.  Brian Vickers       Chevrolet  127.684
30.  Mike Wallace        Chevrolet  127.684
31.  Tony Raines         Chevrolet  127.551
32.  Bobby Hamilton Jr.  Chevrolet  127.388
33.  Robby Gordon        Chevrolet  127.250
34.  Scott Wimmer        Dodge      127.215
35.  Dale Jarrett        Ford       127.166
36.  Scott Riggs         Chevrolet  127.137
37.  Mike Garvey         Dodge      126.987
38.  Jason Leffler       Chevrolet  126.796
39.  Bobby Labonte       Chevrolet  126.790
40.  Ken Schrader        Dodge      126.594
41.  Kyle Petty          Dodge      126.446
42.  Morgan Shepherd     Dodge      126.274
43.  Hermie Sadler       Ford       126.003
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