AJ Allmendinger wins Watkins Glen pole, his 2nd straight on a road course
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}AJ Allmendinger has won the Sprint Cup pole at Watkins Glen International.
Allmendinger also won the pole on the road course at Sonoma in June. He turned a fast lap of 127.839 mph to edge Martin Truex Jr. for the top spot. It's his fourth pole in Sprint Cup.
Five-time Watkins Glen winner Tony Stewart qualified third. He was competing less than 24 hours after the family of a driver struck and killed by Stewart's car on an upstate New York dirt track a year ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the NASCAR star.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kevin Harvick was fourth, followed by Jeff Gordon, Kyle Larson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson and Austin Dillon. Brad Keselowski and Justin Allgaier rounded out the top 12.