Keselowski on pole at New Hampshire

Brad Keselowski covered New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 29.438 seconds (129.384 mph) to earn the pole for Saturday's New England 200 (3:30 p.m. ET). Kevin Harvick, the only other driver to top 129 mph, will start second.

Keselowski scored his his first pole and 12th top-10 start in 2011. His most recent pole came at Michigan this past August, a race he won. This is his second pole in four races at NHMS. He also won the pole for last year's race; he finished second.

Kevin Harvick posted his eighth top-10 start of 2011 and his 11th in 11 races at NHMS. Harvick has finished in the top 10 in the past nine races at the track with seven top-fives during that span.

Joey Logano (third) and Aric Almirola (fourth) will start on Row 2. Kyle Busch, the winner of the past two races at NHMS, will start fifth. Points leader Elliott Sadler will start 15th.