Johnson stays perfect at Dover

Jimmie Johnson
Jim Garrahan/AR1.com

After winning the race and the pole in the spring, Jimmie Johnson won his second career pole at the "Monster Mile" for Sunday's AAA 400 at Dover Int'l Speedway.

Johnson is a four-time winner at Dover, including a win in the spring May race where he scored the pole and the win.

"I'm obviously pleased with the performance from New Hampshire and very happy to be where we are in the points," said Johnson, who trails Mark Martin by 35 points in the standings. "We seem to be off to a great start here. Dover, the way it went in the spring for us, I am really excited going back although we're on a different tire which is going to be different, but we were lucky enough to be one of the teams that was involved in the tire test."

"All in all, I'm optimistic and I feel that there's a stretch of tracks that are really good for the 48 coming up," he said. "Looking forward to separating the Chase group out a little more and gaining ground on Mark (Martin) and trying to get ahead and be the leader here sometime in the next couple races."

Juan Pablo Montoya, Ryan Newman, Greg Biffle and David Reutimann rounded out the top five.

David Reutimann, Kasey Kahne, Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer, Sam Hornish, Jr. and Paul Menard completed the first ten qualifiers.

Results

POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 157.356 22.878 Leader
2 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Polaroid 156.699 22.974 -0.096
3 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 156.393 23.019 -0.141
4 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 156.284 23.035 -0.157
5 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 155.979 23.080 -0.202
6 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 155.871 23.096 -0.218
7 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 155.777 23.110 -0.232
8 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 155.555 23.143 -0.265
9 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 155.494 23.152 -0.274
10 98 Paul Menard Ford Energizer / Menards 155.434 23.161 -0.283
11 20 Joey Logano* Toyota The Home Depot 155.373 23.170 -0.292
12 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 155.353 23.173 -0.295
13 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 155.193 23.197 -0.319
14 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Kellogg's / Carquest 155.045 23.219 -0.341
15 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 154.992 23.227 -0.349
16 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 154.905 23.240 -0.362
17 12 David Stremme Dodge Penske Racing 154.832 23.251 -0.373
18 171 David Gilliland Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 154.639 23.280 -0.402
19 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Super 8 154.633 23.281 -0.403
20 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 154.606 23.285 -0.407
21 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 154.573 23.290 -0.412
22 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Burger King 154.533 23.296 -0.418
23 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Dewalt 154.480 23.304 -0.426
24 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy 154.407 23.315 -0.437
25 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 154.288 23.333 -0.455
26 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge Valvoline 154.136 23.356 -0.478
27 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Little Debbie / Kingsford / Clorox 154.070 23.366 -0.488
28 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 153.879 23.395 -0.517
29 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 153.807 23.406 -0.528
30 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 153.557 23.444 -0.566
31 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Camping World 153.440 23.462 -0.584
32 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Vaseline Men Body Lotion 153.387 23.470 -0.592
33 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 153.211 23.497 -0.619
34 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Best Buy's Geek Squad 153.107 23.513 -0.635
35 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports 153.074 23.518 -0.640
36 09 Mike Bliss Dodge Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 153.029 23.525 -0.647
37 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Taco Bell 152.938 23.539 -0.661
38 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 152.873 23.549 -0.671
39 82 Scott Speed* Toyota Red Bull 152.620 23.588 -0.710
40 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 152.046 23.677 -0.799
41 96 Bobby Labonte Ford DLP 152.001 23.684 -0.806
42 37 Tony Raines Dodge Long John Silver's 151.547 23.755 -0.877
43 36 Michael McDowell Toyota Wave Energy Drink 151.388 23.780 -0.902
Did Not Qualify
44 4 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet Morgan McClure Motorsports 149.247 24.121 -1.243

+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie