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Montoya admitted he was "shocked" he beat out Pocono qualifying stars such as Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and Kasey Kahne to lead the field in Sundays 400- mile race. "We know were working in the right direction, we know were working hard, we feel the cars are getting a little better," Montoya said, "but to go out there and get a pole ... I just went through the hauler and all the engineers, theyre all happy and laughing. Im used to long faces, a lot of long faces, a lot of stressful faces. We needed something like this as a company. This is big for us." Hamlin turned a lap of 175.795 and qualified second. Its his 12th top-10 start in 14 career Pocono races. Paul Menard, Kahne and Marcos Ambrose round out the top five. Points leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. starts eighth. Montoya joined NASCAR in 2007 after a successful career in open wheel that included an Indianapolis 500 victory and a Monaco Grand Prix win. His 2009 season where he finished eighth in the standings turned out to be a one-year blip instead of a breakthrough into regular championship contention. His team has undergone massive turnover — including new crew chief Chris Heroy — yet it didnt bring the No. 42 Chevrolet any better results. He hasnt finished better than 21st in any of his last three races and has finished better than 14th only once in his last 11 races. "I think were quite a ways away from as a company where we want to get to," he said. "We want to be able to come every weekend knowing you can beat a Hendrick, beat a Gibbs. Thats our goal." Montoya knows he was as unlikely as any driver to win the pole. "If you told me this morning I was going to be sitting on the pole, Id say, pfff," he said. "I thought we were going to be OK. I thought wed be 12-15. And were sitting on the pole." The trick for Montoya becomes trying to duplicate the strong run on Sunday. Montoya has four career top 10s, including one runner-up finish in 2009, in 11 career starts at Pocono. "I know tomorrow is going to be a reality check," Montoya said. "Im really open-minded about tomorrow. But lets enjoy today." Montoya is the 15th different pole winner in 21 races this season and earned a spot in the 2013 Shootout at Daytona. The first repave at Pocono since 1995 produced record speeds in qualifying for the June race — 36 cars bettered the previous track record. Logano set the track record of 179.598 mph and went on to win the race. With 400 miles of racing and several practice sessions on the track, the speeds werent as fast on Saturday. Logano prepared for qualifying by watching a replay of his second career Cup victory. "I was sitting in the motorhome watching the race tape and Im like, I know who is going to win this race. This is going to be a good one," he said. 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