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Jeff Gordon wins pole for Cup finale at Homestead

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One week after getting eliminated from the Chase, Jeff Gordon is back, winning the pole for Sunday’s final Cup race of the season.

Gordon put down the fastest lap of 29.876 seconds in the third and final round of qualifying.

For the final four Chase drivers, Kevin Harvick qualified fifth, Denny Hamlin eight, Joey Logano ninth and Ryan Newman in 21st. Whichever driver finishes in the highest position on Sunday wins the championship.

The green flag for Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 is set to wave at approximately 3:16 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Your starting grid for Sunday:

Pos. No. Driver
1 24 Jeff Gordon
2 41 Kurt Busch
3 20 Matt Kenseth
4 2 Brad Keselowski
5 4 Kevin Harvick
6 15 Clint Bowyer
7 18 Kyle Busch
8 11 Denny Hamlin
9 22 Joey Logano
10 78 Martin Truex Jr.
11 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
12 48 Jimmie Johnson
13 55 Brian Vickers
14 51 Justin Allgaier #
15 99 Carl Edwards
16 27 Paul Menard
17 9 Marcos Ambrose
18 1 Jamie McMurray
19 43 Aric Almirola
20 16 Greg Biffle
21 31 Ryan Newman
22 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
23 5 Kasey Kahne
24 3 Austin Dillon #
25 47 AJ Allmendinger
26 21 Trevor Bayne(i)
27 42 Kyle Larson #
28 14 Tony Stewart
29 13 Casey Mears
30 33 Brian Scott(i)
31 34 David Ragan
32 10 Danica Patrick
33 40 Landon Cassill(i)
34 83 JJ Yeley(i)
35 38 David Gilliland
36 36 Reed Sorenson
37 98 Josh Wise
38 95 Michael McDowell
39 7 Michael Annett #
40 32 Blake Koch(i)
41 23 Alex Bowman #
42 26 Cole Whitt #
43 66 Brett Moffitt

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