Juan Pablo Montoya will have a hard time playing the role of darkhorse if he keeps driving like this. Montoya will make his debut in the Chase for the Sprint Cup from the pole after setting a track record at New Hampshire Motor Speedway yesterday. Montoya turned a lap at 133.431 mph on the 1.058-mile oval, breaking the mark of 133.357 set by Ryan Newman in 2003.

Joey Logano overcame a crash and a lost lap, then saved just enough fuel to earn his first Cup victory in only his 20th start at the rain-shortened Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.