Jeff Gordon claims pole at Talladega

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  1. truebluefan

    truebluefan Administrator Staff Member Administrator

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    Jeff Gordon put himself in select company. So did Rick Hendrick.

    Too bad they didn't get there a little faster.

    Gordon won his 70th career pole Saturday and led a Hendrick Motorsports sweep of the top four spots at Talladega Superspeedway -- only the third team in NASCAR history to monopolize the first two rows for a Cup race.

    Gordon turned a two-lap qualifying average of 178.248 mph for the Aaron's 499. He broke a tie for third place on the career list with Cale Yarborough and trails only Richard Petty (123) and David Pearson (113).

    Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/news/story?id=6369434
     

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