HAMPTON, Ga., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Ryan Newman won another NASCAR Winston Cup pole Friday night, turning in the fastest qualifying time for Sunday's Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500.
It was Newman's 16th career Winston Cup pole and ninth of the season, which clinched the Bud Pole Award for the year.
Newman posted a top lap of 194.295 miles per hour around the 1.544-mile Atlanta Motor Speedway in a Dodge Intrepid. He is the only driver to sweep both poles at more than one track this season, also doing so in Charlotte.
Newman's qualifying speed was the fastest of the 2003 season, eclipsing Bobby Labonte's lap of 193.514 mph set at Texas Motor Speedway in March.
Bobby Labonte was second at 194.016 mph, followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s 193.319 mph -- both in Chevrolet Monte Carlos.
