NASCAR At Dover 2012: Denny Hamlin takes poll for AAA 400

Denny Hamlin historically hasn't turned in his best performance at Dover but he was good enough on Saturday to capture the pole position for Sunday's AAA 400. The pole is Hamlin's third of the season which also ties his career high. After his run, Hamlin talked about the importance of track position at the Monster Mile:

"Track position is second to none here, and we're going to need that for tuning our car," Hamlin said. "We know what we've got now. Now we've just got to execute and make sure we have a flawless day on Sunday."

Clint Bowyer qualified second and was followed by Martin Truex Jr. Sam Hornish and Kyle Busch round out the top five. Jeff Gordon starts seventh while perennial favorite Jimmy Johnson qualified 11th. Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start further back in the field at 24th and 25th respectively.

Here is a look at the full results from today's qualifying session:

1. Denny Hamlin
2. Clint Bowyer
3. Martin Truex Jr.
4. Sam Hornish Jr.
5. Kyle Busch
6. Greg Biffle
7. Jeff Gordon
8. Ryan Newman
9. Kasey Kahne
10. Brad Keselowski
11. Jimmie Johnson
12. Matt Kenseth
13. Kevin Harvick
14. Joey Logano
15. Carl Edwards
16. Bobby Labonte
17. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
18. Regan Smith
19. Paul Menard
20. Jamie McMurray
21. Aric Almirola
22. Landon Cassill
23. Josh Wise
24. Tony Stewart
25. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
26. Mark Martin
27. Marcos Ambrose
28. Kurt Busch
29. Reed Sorenson
30. Casey Mears
31. David Ragan
32. Michael McDowell
33. Travis Kvapil
34. Scott Speed
35. Juan Pablo Montoya
36. Scott Riggs
37. Joe Nemechek
38. Danica Patrick
39. Jeff Burton
40. JJ Yeley
41. T.J. Bell
42. David Gilliland
43. Dave Blaney

DNQ: David Stremme, Mike Bliss, Jason Leffler, Cole Whitt, Kelly Bires.