Newman doubles up on poles at Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Ryan Newman made it two poles in one day at Texas when he had the fastest qualifying lap Friday for the NASCAR Busch race.

Just a couple of hours after earning the pole for the Nextel Cup Dickies 500, Newman captured his third Busch pole of the season with a lap of 189.500 mph for the O'Reilly Challenge.

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Because of a wreck on his second lap in the Cup qualifying, Newman will have to start at the back of the field for that race Sunday. But he will get to start his Dodge from the front of the field Saturday, when he will go for his record sixth straight Busch Series victory.

"Going for six in a row, it's just like going for the first one,'' Newman said. "We know we can do it. We know we have a good car and the opportunity to do it, we just have to capitalize.''

David Stremme qualified his Dodge second at 189.394 mph, followed by Kevin Harvick in a Chevrolet and rookie Jon Wood in a Ford. Nextel Cup regulars Greg Biffle, Kasey Kahne and Kyle Busch were fifth through seventh.

Newman's third Busch pole tied points leader Martin Truex Jr., Carl Edwards and Kasey Kahne for the most this season. No Busch driver has won from the pole at Texas Motor Speedway.

Newman is attempting to break a tie with Dale Earnhardt Jr., who also had five victories in five starts. Earnhardt set his mark over three seasons, while all of Newman's victories have come this season.

Before winning his last five Busch starts, Newman finished third in each of his first two this year.

Truex, who has a 100-point lead over Clint Bowyer with three races left, qualified 10th. That was 10 spots better than Bowyer, who hit the wall coming out of turn four on his second qualifying lap and will have to go to a backup car and the back of the field.

"We've been fast all day. I hoped we could get through qualifying,'' Bowyer said. "We were fast in practice. We'll be good though. We'll make the best of it.''

Bowyer's backup car is the same one he drove at Texas in April, when he started 29th and finished sixth.