09/26/2008 - Kansas City, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Juan Pablo Montoya won Friday's qualifying for the Camping World RV 400 at the Kansas Speedway to record his first career pole in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The 33-year-old driver from Bogota, Columbia rounded the 1.5-mile oval in 31.368 seconds (172.150 m.p.h.)
Montoya's first pole came in his 66th Sprint Cup start. He became the third first-time pole winner this season, joining Patrick Carpentier (New Hampshire) and Paul Menard (Daytona).
"This year has been a rough year for us," Montoya said. "This Texaco Havoline Dodge this week has been amazing. After struggling in qualifying here last year, we really came with the mindset of we need to start further up front, and we unloaded, and it was fast straight out of the truck. It was good."
Montoya, in his second full season with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, is currently 24th in the point standings. Ganassi will lose its primary sponsorship with Texaco Havoline for Montoya's team at the end of the season.
Jimmie Johnson will start on the outside pole after posting a time of 31.394. Johnson, the two-time defending series champion, is currently 10 points behind leader Carl Edwards in the "Chase for the Sprint Cup" championship standings.
Mark Martin (31.438) and Matt Kenseth (31.456) will start on the second row. Kenseth is currently 10th in the standings.
The remainder of the "Chase" field will start in the following order: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (12th), Jeff Gordon (14th), Greg Biffle (19th), Clint Bowyer (25th), Kyle Busch (28th), Denny Hamlin (31st), Edwards (35th), Kevin Harvick (37th), Jeff Burton (38th) and Tony Stewart (42nd).
Michael McDowell and Johnny Sauter failed to qualify.
After winning the first two races in the "Chase," Biffle has emerged as serious championship contender as he trails Edwards by just 10 points.
Biffle returns to Kansas as the defending race champion. If he wins on Sunday, he will join Johnson as the only drivers to win three or more consecutive "Chase" races. Johnson won four consecutive races before the season-ending event at Homestead last year. He also won three straight in 2004, the inaugural year of the "Chase."
The green flag is scheduled to drop Sunday around 2 p.m. (et).
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The six-year agreem
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questionable for Sunday's home contest against the Arizona Cardinals with a
left ankle injury.
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Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Thrashers acquired defenseman
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Kim leads Garcia at the Tour Championship >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Anthony Kim mixed five birdies and four bogeys
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Kim completed 36 holes at seven-under-par 133.
Six share lead at SAS Championship >>
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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
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