Long Pond, Pa. ? Ryan Newman ended Denny Hamlin’s Pocono perfection.

Newman showed again he has the qualifying part of race weekend figured out. Now all he wants is to be in front when the checkered flag drops.

Newman raced to his third straight pole and 41st overall with a lap of 170.062 at Pocono Raceway on Friday. He also took the top spot at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and again last week at Dover International Speedway.

He has four poles overall this year with no wins. His best finish came Monday at Dover when he finished second behind Martin Truex Jr., and his last win came nearly two years ago.

Newman’s lap spoiled Hamlin’s run of winning everything at Pocono. Hamlin qualified second after he won two poles and two races last year in his first two trips to the 2.5-mile triangle track.