Brad Keselowski Wins Pole at New Hampshire
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Streeter Lecka/Getty Images For NASCAR(LOUDON, N.H.) — Brad Keselowski took home the pole on Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and will start up front after winning last weekend at Chicagoland.
Keselowski set a track-record lap of 140.598 mph and is hoping to win the second race in the first round, even though he’s already advanced.
“This kind of track is kind of right in my wheelhouse, right in our team’s wheelhouse,” Keselowski said. “We had this race circled before the Chase started and we felt decent about Chicago, but really felt like this was a race of emphasis for us to get a win and get out of the first bracket.”
Keselowski swept the Cup and Nationwide races at Loudon in July.
“It’s positive momentum,” he said, “but when it resets it resets and nothing that you’ve done in the past really matters as long as you’re eligible for the bracket. I’m a long, long ways from using the word favorite or feeling overly confident.”
Jamie McMurray, who is a non-chase driver finished second and was followed by Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, and Jimmie Johnson.
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