Congratulations to “Rocket Man” Ryan Newman for qualifying first at Atlanta today at 189.034 MPH. If I recall correctly, this would be the first pole for Dodge this year. You can check out the entire qualifying field at NASCAR.com

Other guys deserving acknowledgment, Jimmie Johnson qualified 3rd, Mark Martin 4th and the man who has owned AMS over the past number of years, Bobby Labonte gets the 6th spot. Another notable is that Michael Waltrip failed to qualify for his 3rd straight race and his teammate/driver Dale Jarret had to use yet another Champions Provisional to make the race. Still not a good day for Toyota.