Elliott Sadler set a track record in winning his fourth Bud Pole award of the season. Credit: Autostock

Sadler wins fourth pole; six Chasers in top 10

CONCORD, N.C. -- Elliott Sadler set a track record in winning the pole Thursday night at Lowe's Motor Speedway in a qualifying session that placed six drivers in the Chase for the championship in the top 10.

UAW-GM Quality 500 Qualifying Results Driver Speed Time E. Sadler 193.216 27.948 R. Newman 193.126 27.961 J. Johnson 192.850 28.001 T. Stewart 192.706 28.022 B. Labonte 192.671 28.027 M. Martin 192.014 28.123 Ku. Busch 191.959 28.131 C. Edwards 191.864 28.145 C. Mears 191.823 28.151 J. Gordon 191.714 28.167 Complete Race Lineup Bud Pole winnerElliott Sadler secures a third straight front-row start Highs and Lowe'sJohnson qualifies 3rd at LMS, but will start at the back Second rowPoints leader Tony Stewart qualifies fourth at Lowe's Sign up for TrackPass now BUY YOUR NEXTEL DRIVER PHONE

Sadler, who is not eligible to race for the Nextel Cup title, posted a lap at 193.216 mph to break the track record of 192.988 mph set by Ryan Newman in May.

"My whole body is shaking right now," Sadler said. "This is such a fast track. It was very nerve-racking, but very fun."

Newman, who is second in the Chase standings, also broke his track record in qualifying second. He turned his lap at 193.126.

"I am disappointed because I know our car was faster and I am placing some blame on myself for not getting two good laps," Newman said. "If you are disappointed after finishing second here at Charlotte, you have real high expectations."

Jimmie Johnson, fifth in the points, qualified third. But he'll have to forfeit his spot because the engine in his Chevrolet blew up during the afternoon practice session. His Hendrick Motorsports team changed it and he'll be forced to drop to the rear of the field at the start of Saturday night's race.

"It's not a good thing to come from the back, there's going to be a lot of risks that I'm going to have to take to get to the front," Johnson said. "I'm going to have to be on my toes at the start of the race."

Inside the Chase Point standings entering Lowe's Driver Behind Qualified T. Stewart -- 4 R. Newman -75 2 G. Biffle -88 21 R. Wallace -90 27 J. Johnson -92 3 C. Edwards -95 8 M. Martin -113 6 M. Kenseth -116 18 J. Mayfield -157 37 Ku. Busch -224 7 Note: Johnson will start at the back of the field because of a blown engine in practice.

Tony Stewart, who currently holds a 75-point advantage on Newman in the standings, qualified fourth. Bobby Labonte, Stewart's teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing, was fifth in his best qualifying attempt since April.

Mark Martin, the winner last week at Kansas, was sixth to lead the Roush Racing contingent of Chase drivers. Teammates Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards qualified seventh and eighth, respectively.

Casey Mears and Jeff Gordon, two drivers not involved in the Chase, rounded out the top 10.

The other four Chase drivers did not fair as well as the four leaders. Matt Kenseth was 18th, Greg Biffle was 21st, Rusty Wallace was 27th and Jeremy Mayfield was a disappointing 37th.