Matt Kenseth and his Joe Gibbs Racing team took a huge step away from their bad performance last week by winning the pole Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the championship-deciding race. He called it ''a confidence booster'' after his 23rd-place finish at Phoenix essentially ruined his title chances. He was trailing Jimmie Johnson by seven points going into Phoenix and left the race down 28 with just one race to decide the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Johnson, who needs only to finish 23rd or better Sunday to win his sixth championship, qualified seventh. More...