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NASCAR Second Pole In A Row For Jimmie Johnson

Five-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson stands as the previous week on poles. The championship leader dominated the qualifying session at the Texas Motor Speedway.

Pole number 29 for Jimmie Johnson

The points leader in the Sprint Cup continues on track. As of last week, Jimmie Johnson took the superior pole at Texas Motor Speedway. The Hendrick driver had after 27 20th place in free practice as already Starter of 46 qualifiers on the 1.5-mile quad-oval. His time of 28,261 seconds nobody was able to underbid and Johnson secured his fourth pole of the season award. Johnson scored three fastest times in the last eight Chase qualifications.

Jimmie Johnson in impressive form

Johnson stands for the first time in Texas on the top spot. In the 2007 season, five-time champion was able to celebrate a win in Victory Lane from Texas. In five other races Johnson missed two more successes with space extremely tight. So it was the last Texas race in April 2012, when he went behind Greg Biffle to the finish line. Ironically this Biffle stands next to Johnson in the front row. Biffle residue was however considerable time 0113 seconds.


Brad Keselowski with weak balance Texas

Brad Keselowski, who is just two championship points behind Johnson in second place overall in the state starts from the eighth spot in the 34th and third to last race of the season. Leg last Texas race Keselowski also drove from eighth position with rank 36 is the weakest result of the season. In his previous eight starts, he could never get into the top-10.
Clint Bowyer and Kasey Kahne in wait

Even Clint Bowyer and Kasey Kahne do with 26 and 29 points behind Johnson still hopes for the 2012 title. Bowyer managed for the sixth time in a row, top-8 results in qualifying and will start from fourth. Johnsons teammate Kahne took the 13th Rank. With only a slim chance of the championship Denny Hamlin and Jeff Gordon start from twelfth and 16th Defending champion Tony Stewart once again disappointed with the 21st Takeoff.

Danica Patrick is in her eighth season on Sunday start from position 32 in the race over 334 laps. It was also the second best qualifying this year. Rookie Stephen Leicht, Kelly Bires and David Stremme did not make the jump to the starting field.
AAA Texas 500

Texas Motor Speedway
The first five rows of the grid:

1. Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet), 28,261 seconds
2. Greg Biffle (Toyota), -0103 (residue)
3. Kyle Busch (Toyota), -0141
4. Clint Bowyer (Chevrolet), -0150
5. Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota), -0161
6. Joey Logano (Ford), -0196
7. Trevor Bayne (Chevrolet), -0219
8. Brad Keselowski (Toyota), -0230
9. Carl Edwards (Chevrolet), -0239
10. Matt Kenseth (Ford), -0241