Auto Racing
Labonte wins Las Vegas pole under the lights
LAS VEGAS -- Cool track conditions helped Bobby Labonte set a qualifying record at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where he waited out a long rain delay Friday night before winning the pole for Sunday's UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400.
Labonte ran a lap at 173.016 mph around the 1 1/2-mile oval to take the top spot and bump fellow Chevrolet driver Jeff Gordon to the outside of the front row.
Labonte's lap beat Todd Bodine's track record of 172.850 set last year.
Ryan Newman was third in a Dodge, Dale Earnhardt Jr. fourth in a Chevy and Las Vegas native Kurt Busch fifth in a Ford.
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