Dave Blaney topped a surprising qualifying session Friday afternoon, and he will lead the field to the green flag in Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway.
Vermont driver Kevin Lepage qualified 38th to make the show, the final driver to qualify on time.
Blaney was one of the drivers not locked into the top-35 with a guaranteed starting spot. Blaney's lap of 29.426 seconds (129.437 mph) beat out 2-time NHIS race winner Kurt Busch to give Toyota its 1st pole in Nextel Cup competition.
It was Blaney's 2nd career pole. His last came at Rockingham in February of 2003 -- some 158 races ago.
Reed Sorenson, Johnny Sauter and Juan Pablo Montoya rounded out the top-5 in qualifying, helping put some unfamiliar faces at the front of the starting grid.
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