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NNS: Kahne Clips Pole At Hot ‘Lanta
Kasey Kahne earned his eighth career NNS pole...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted September 04, 2010   Hampton, GA
Kasey Kahne with the pole award for the NASCAR Nationwide Series Great Clips 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Kasey Kahne captured the pole for tonight’s Great Clips 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, wheeling his No. 38 Braun Racing Toyota to a lap of 181.479 miles per hour around the 1.54-mile oval.

LINK > QUALIFYING RESULTS: GREAT CLIPS 300 - ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
PDF > STARTING LINEUP BY ROW: GREAT CLIPS 300 - ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY

It was Kahne’s eighth pole of his career in 163 NNS starts and his first since May 2008 at Richmond. “My Great Clips Toyota was good pretty much everywhere,” Kahne said of his pole-winning run.

Second fast in the session was another Toyota, the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing entry piloted by Kyle Busch, who ran 180.763 mph.

Row 2 will consist of Kahne’s teammate, Reed Sorenson, who qualified at 179.569 mph, and Ryan Newman’s Phoenix Racing Chevy, 179.563 mph.

Carl Edwards captured fifth place with a lap of 179.377 mph in the first of the Roush Fenway Racing Fords. Josh Wise had a good qualifying run in the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, earning a spot on the outside of Row 3 with a lap of 178.943 mph.

Rounding out the top 10 were Jamie McMurray, Kevin Harvick, Paul Menard and Joey Logano. Series points leader Brad Keselowski qualified 15th.

The only driver who failed to qualify was Jeremy Clements.

LINK > QUALIFYING RESULTS: GREAT CLIPS 300 - ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
PDF > STARTING LINEUP BY ROW: GREAT CLIPS 300 - ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100 and e-mail him at Jensen is the author of “Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of Speed,” and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows. Jensen is the past President of the National Motorsports Press Association and an NMPA Writer of the Year.

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