The native of South Bend, Indiana, Ryan Newman captured the Brickyard 400 pole at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a speed of 187.531 mph (47.992 seconds)

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In winning the pole, Newman becomes the ninth driver with at least 50 NASCAR sprint Cup Series poles. Newman won 11 poles in 2003, the largest single-season number of a NASCAR Sprint Cup career that began in 2000 thus earning him the nickname “Rocket Man.”

The Brickyard 400 will air on ESPN Sunday at 12 noon.