Rookie Johnson wins Daytona 500 pole

DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA - Rookie Jimmie Johnson will have the pole for next Sunday&#39;s Daytona 500. <br> <br> Johnson showed why he was the fastest throughout winter testing at the two and a-half mile oval. He had a top lap of 185.831 mph to outduel Kevin Harvick. <br> <br> Harvick was 61-hundredths of a mile slower than Johnson, who&#39;s just the third rookie to win the Daytona pole. Mike Skinner and Loy Allen Junior are the others. <br> <br> Fifty-three drivers made it onto the track in the first of two rounds at the time trials. Only Johnson and Harvick have wrapped up spots. <br> <br> Jeff Gordon was third in today&#39;s qualifying, just ahead of Robert Pressley.

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