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Kentucky NASCAR: Brad Keselowski leads all-Penske front row

Brad Keselowski claimed his third pole of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season as he denied Penske Ford team-mate Joey Logano the top spot in Kentucky Speedway qualifying

Logano had been fastest in the first two segments of the three-leg knockout qualifying session, but a lap in 28.603 seconds and at 188.791mph gave Keselowski pole for Saturday night's race by 0.247s over his team-mate, in what was also the third all-Penske front row of the year.

It came just hours after Keselowski had secured pole for Friday night's Nationwide Series round as well.

Jeff Gordon led Hendrick's challenge in third place at the only track on the current schedule where he has yet to win.

Remarkably given the team's recent form, Gordon was the only Hendrick man to reach the pole shootout, with Kasey Kahne 17 places further back in 20th, and both Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr eliminated in the first part of qualifying. They will start only 25th and 29th.

Denny Hamlin was the fastest Toyota man in fourth for Joe Gibbs Racing, ahead of Kevin Harvick and top rookie Kyle Larson, who had been quickest of all in morning practice.

Last week's Sonoma winner Carl Edwards starts 23rd.

Pos  Driver              Team/Car                 Time     Gap
 1.  Brad Keselowski     Penske Ford              28.603s
 2.  Joey Logano         Penske Ford              28.850s  +0.247s
 3.  Jeff Gordon         Hendrick Chevrolet       28.903s  +0.300s
 4.  Denny Hamlin        Joe Gibbs Toyota         28.974s  +0.371s
 5.  Kevin Harvick       Stewart-Haas Chevrolet   29.016s  +0.413s
 6.  Kyle Larson         Ganassi Chevrolet        29.027s  +0.424s
 7.  Ryan Newman         Childress Chevrolet      29.030s  +0.427s
 8.  Jamie McMurray      Ganassi Chevrolet        29.039s  +0.436s
 9.  Kurt Busch          Stewart-Haas Chevrolet   29.040s  +0.437s
10.  Danica Patrick      Stewart-Haas Chevrolet   29.063s  +0.460s
11.  Clint Bowyer        Waltrip Toyota           29.124s  +0.521s
12.  Paul Menard         Childress Chevrolet      29.174s  +0.571s
13.  Tony Stewart        Stewart-Haas Chevrolet   29.055s  Round 2
14.  Matt Kenseth        Joe Gibbs Toyota         29.077s  Round 2
15.  AJ Allmendinger     JTG Daugherty Chevrolet  29.110s  Round 2
16.  Austin Dillon       Childress Chevrolet      29.135s  Round 2
17.  Brian Vickers       Waltrip Toyota           29.174s  Round 2
18.  Kyle Busch          Joe Gibbs Toyota         29.181s  Round 2
19.  Martin Truex Jr     Furniture Row Chevrolet  29.227s  Round 2
20.  Kasey Kahne         Hendrick Chevrolet       29.274s  Round 2
21.  Ricky Stenhouse Jr  Roush Fenway Ford        29.299s  Round 2
22.  Aric Almirola       Petty Ford               29.300s  Round 2
23.  Carl Edwards        Roush Fenway Ford        29.331s  Round 2
24.  Greg Biffle         Roush Fenway Ford        29.486s  Round 2
25.  Jimmie Johnson      Hendrick Chevrolet       29.402s  Round 1
26.  Casey Mears         Germain Chevrolet        29.440s  Round 1
27.  Marcos Ambrose      Petty Ford               29.482s  Round 1
28.  Justin Allgaier     HScott Chevrolet         29.538s  Round 1
29.  Dale Earnhardt Jr   Hendrick Chevrolet       29.540s  Round 1
30.  Cole Whitt          BK Toyota                29.544s  Round 1
31.  Reed Sorenson       Baldwin Chevrolet        29.684s  Round 1
32.  Michael Annett      Baldwin Chevrolet        29.758s  Round 1
33.  Alex Bowman         BK Toyota                29.787s  Round 1
34.  Josh Wise           Parsons Chevrolet        29.802s  Round 1
35.  Travis Kvapil       FAS Lane Ford            29.930s  Round 1
36.  David Ragan         Front Row Ford           30.050s  Round 1
37.  Landon Cassill      Hillman Chevrolet        30.109s  Round 1
38.  David Stremme       Circle Sport Chevrolet   30.223s  Round 1
39.  Ryan Truex          BK Toyota                30.268s  Round 1
40.  Joe Nemechek        NEMCO Toyota             30.326s  Round 1
41.  David Gilliland     Front Row Ford           30.543s  Round 1
42.  Mike Bliss          BK Toyota                31.508s  Round 1

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