INDIANAPOLIS | Teammates Reed Sorenson and Juan Pablo Montoya swept the front row for Sunday's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, giving team owner Chip Ganassi another big day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The 21-year-old Sorenson was fastest in practice Saturday and returned to the track hours later and backed it up with a lap of 184.207 mph that gave the budding NASCAR star his first Nextel Cup pole in his 58th try.

Cup rookie Montoya, who gave Ganassi a win in the 2000 Indianapolis 500 and also ran six Formula One races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, came the closest to knocking his teammate off the top spot at 183.494. It was also his best qualifying effort in 21 Cup events.

Rain washed out both scheduled practices on Friday and delayed the 3-hour practice session on Saturday by several hours, also pushing qualifying from midmorning to late afternoon.

"The cars, just all three Ganassi cars, were just fast here all day," said Sorenson, who added he was surprised to stay on top after drawing the second spot in the 49-car qualifying line.

"After I ran, I thought there would be a lot of cars faster than us when it got cooler later in the day. But this is a lot better car than we had last year."

It's an awesome place to get our first pole. I know it means a lot to Chip and everybody else involved."

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