Kasey Kahne starts from the pole for Sunday's Carfax 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway, clocking a lap in Friday's qualifying session at 187.183 mph to edge Jimmie Johnson for the inside front row position. Johnson turned a lap of 187.086 mph and will start alongside Kahne on Sunday.

Clint Bowyer qualified third, followed by Tony Stewart and Juan Pablo Montoya.

Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex, Jr. and Paul Menard complete the top-ten.

As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series nears the Chase, Kevin Harvick continues to lead the point standings over Jeff Gordon but behind those two the top-12 has been shaken up a bit as the Series heads to the Irish Hills of Michigan for the Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Jeff Burton moved up two spots after Watkins Glen to third and Kurt Busch was the biggest positive mover by gaining three positions and is now up to fourth. Defending champion Jimmie Johnson lost a spot and now sits fifth.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team owner Jack Roush has been released from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota after treatment for injuuries he received in a Wisconsin plane crash last month.

"I would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of support and concern I have received the past two weeks," Roush said in a statement. "Our teams and drivers have not missed a beat in my absence, and I am proud of the effort they have put forth. I look forward to rejoining them at the track soon."

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What better place to bring out all your horses than in front of the car manufacturers at Michigan. With various grooves, look for wide open racing this weekend as NASCAR makes its second appearance this summer to the two mile tri-oval.