Ryan Newman wins pole at Loudon

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    As rain hit the track, five drivers were parked waiting for a qualifying turn that might not come.

    Led by Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon, the five could afford to have their laps called because of rain: They were the five fastest in practice and would have started up front Sunday had qualifying been wiped out.

    Kurt Busch wanted them to get going or else his top-five qualifying lap would have been erased, and the washout would have dumped him back into the 30s.

    Read more: http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cu...-newman-rockets-sprint-cup-pole-new-hampshire
     

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