(Sports Network) - Kyle Busch and his No.18 M&M's Toyota team captured the pole for Saturday night's 2008 Sprint All-Star race. Busch and his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates completed the laps and the team changed four tires in two minutes, 01.956 seconds. It was Busch's second pole win of the day, having already won the truck pole in the afternoon.

Jeff Gordon will start alongside the current Sprint Cup points leader. Gordon and his No.24 Dupont Chevrolet team were second quickest at 2:02.494.

"The car drove great on the race track...I was a little conservative getting to pit road...the guys broke off a great stop," said Gordon. "All-in-all a real good effort for the Dupont Chevrolet."

Gordon already has three All-Star race victories on his resume.

Kurt Busch and Martin Truex Jr. will start in row two. Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start 11th in the 24-car field.

Saturday night's race marks the final drive for 1999 Winston Cup champion Dale Jarrett, who has already retired from the Cup Series.

"It's just an opportunity to say goodbye to the fans," said Jarrett, starting a broadcasting career. "The fans that you see come to that All-Star event are the fans that really make up what this sport is about. This is really my opportunity to get in front of a huge crowd in a place that means a lot to me."

Elliott Sadler won the pole for Saturday night's preliminary - the Sprint Showdown, a qualifying race for the Sprint All-Star race. The top two finishers and a fan voted driver will join the 21 drivers already entered for the $1 million "exhibition" race.

There will be 27 drivers entered in the "Showdown," including rising star David Ragan, Michael Waltrip, Kasey Kahne, Bill Elliott and Kyle Petty.

Brian Vickers will start alongside Sadler on the front row.

In last year's preliminary, Truex Jr. and Johnny Sauter earned their way into the "big race." Kenny Wallace was voted into the race by the fans.

In the 2007 All-Star race, Kevin Harvick edged Jimmie Johnson for the million dollar prize.



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