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Homestead NASCAR: Matt Kenseth takes pole for decider

NASCAR Sprint Cup title contender Matt Kenseth will start from pole position for the 2013 championship decider at Homestead

Kenseth needs a minor miracle in Sunday's race as he trails leader Jimmie Johnson by 28 points following a poor performance at Phoenix a week ago.

But he did everything he could on qualifying day by putting the Joe Gibbs Toyota on pole with a lap 0.038 seconds quicker than early provisional polesitter Kurt Busch in the Furniture Row Chevrolet.

Johnson qualified seventh, just behind long-shot title prospect Kevin Harvick.

Penske duo Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski fill row two, with Kenseth's team-mate Denny Hamlin completing the top five.

Future Stewart-Haas team-mates Busch and Harvick are among several drivers making their final starts with their current employers at Homestead.

Martin Truex Jr, who will replace Busch at Furniture Row next year, was the fastest Waltrip driver in eighth.

IndyCar-bound Juan Pablo Montoya qualified 27th for what is likely to be his final NASCAR start.

Pos  Driver              Team/Car                     Time     Gap
 1.  Matt Kenseth        Joe Gibbs Toyota             30.394s
 2.  Kurt Busch          Furniture Row Chevrolet      30.432s  +0.038s
 3.  Joey Logano         Penske Ford                  30.460s  +0.066s
 4.  Brad Keselowski     Penske Ford                  30.498s  +0.104s
 5.  Denny Hamlin        Joe Gibbs Toyota             30.535s  +0.141s
 6.  Kevin Harvick       Childress Chevrolet          30.568s  +0.174s
 7.  Jimmie Johnson      Hendrick Chevrolet           30.578s  +0.184s
 8.  Martin Truex Jr     Waltrip Toyota               30.606s  +0.212s
 9.  Ricky Stenhouse Jr  Roush Fenway Ford            30.606s  +0.212s
10.  Elliott Sadler      Waltrip Toyota               30.610s  +0.216s
11.  Kyle Busch          Joe Gibbs Toyota             30.620s  +0.226s
12.  Paul Menard         Childress Chevrolet          30.620s  +0.226s
13.  Kasey Kahne         Hendrick Chevrolet           30.629s  +0.235s
14.  Jeff Burton         Childress Chevrolet          30.726s  +0.332s
15.  Ryan Newman         Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       30.729s  +0.335s
16.  Greg Biffle         Roush Fenway Ford            30.736s  +0.342s
17.  Trevor Bayne        Wood Brothers Ford           30.768s  +0.374s
18.  Carl Edwards        Roush Fenway Ford            30.781s  +0.387s
19.  Aric Almirola       Petty Ford                   30.791s  +0.397s
20.  Kyle Larson         Phoenix Chevrolet            30.795s  +0.401s
21.  Dale Earnhardt Jr   Hendrick Chevrolet           30.796s  +0.402s
22.  Mark Martin         Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       30.809s  +0.415s
23.  Marcos Ambrose      Petty Ford                   30.838s  +0.444s
24.  Danica Patrick      Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       30.841s  +0.447s
25.  Clint Bowyer        Waltrip Toyota               30.896s  +0.502s
26.  Jeff Gordon         Hendrick Chevrolet           30.926s  +0.532s
27.  Juan Pablo Montoya  Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet  30.939s  +0.545s
28.  Jamie McMurray      Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet  30.976s  +0.582s
29.  David Ragan         Front Row Ford               30.978s  +0.584s
30.  Parker Kligerman    Swan Toyota                  31.183s  +0.789s
31.  David Gilliland     Front Row Ford               31.196s  +0.802s
32.  David Reutimann     BK Toyota                    31.293s  +0.899s
33.  Travis Kvapil       BK Toyota                    31.343s  +0.949s
34.  Michael McDowell    Parsons Ford                 31.348s  +0.954s
35.  Josh Wise           Front Row Ford               31.387s  +0.993s
36.  AJ Allmendinger     JTG Daugherty Toyota         31.444s  +1.050s
37.  JJ Yeley            Baldwin Chevrolet            31.447s  +1.053s
38.  Dave Blaney         Baldwin Chevrolet            31.599s  +1.205s
39.  Landon Cassill      Circle Sport Chevrolet       31.675s  +1.281s
40.  Casey Mears         Germain Ford                 31.736s  +1.342s
41.  Ken Schrader        FAS Lane Ford                31.742s  +1.348s
42.  Joe Nemechek        NEMCO Toyota                 31.799s  +1.405s
43.  Tony Raines         Hillman Chevrolet            32.300s  +1.906s

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