.. Kasey Kahne won the Coors Light Pole for the Pocono 500 with a speed of 170.219 mph / 52.873 seconds. .. This is Kahne’s 15th pole in 158 career Sprint Cup Series races. .. This is Kahne’s first pole of the season. His previous best start was second at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Kahne now has eight top-10 starts this season. .. This is Kahne’s second pole and sixth top-10 start at Pocono Raceway. His previous pole came in June of 2004, which was a track qualifying record of 172.533 mph. .. Jimmie Johnson (second) notched his 11th top-10 start of 2008 and 10th at Pocono. .. Mark Martin (third) notched his sixth top-10 start of 2008 and 29th at Pocono. .. Regan Smith (fourth) was the fastest-qualifying rookie. .. Joe Nemechek (fifth) was the fastest of those drivers required to make the field on time.(NASCAR Statistics)(6-6-2008)
