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Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson Lead Hendrick Motorsports to Front-Row Sweep at Talladega Qualifying

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TALLADEGA, Ala. -- For the first time since Dan Wheldon's fatal accident, the focus was back on the race track. Hendrick Motorsports proved Saturday it has the best superspeedway program in NASCAR with a sweep of the front row in qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway. Mark Martin won the pole with a lap of 181.367 mph, just a tick faster than the 181.360 posted by five-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson. Hendrick Motorsports now has won the pole at all four superspeedway races this season, and swept the front row in all but one. "Our qualifying on (restrictor) plate tracks this season...
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