Jeff Gordon set the track qualifying record at Michigan International Speedway on Friday with a speed of 206.558 mph, winning his 76th career pole in NASCAR's Sprint Cup series. Gordon broke the previous mark of 204.557 by a remarkable margin - and that record was set just two months ago by Kevin Harvick. When Marcos Ambrose reached 203.241 that year, it was the first time anyone won a pole at over 200 mph since Bill Elliott did it in 1987, before horsepower-sapping restrictor plates were introduced at Talladega and Daytona. Joey Logano broke Ambrose's record last August, only for Harvick and Gordon to keep pushing it higher. More...