Martinsville, Va. ? Jeff Gordon won’t have to pass Jimmie Johnson this time. The points leader failed for 53 laps at the end of the Nextel Cup spring race at Martinsville Speedway to get around his Hendrick Motorsports teammate and wound up second as Johnson took the checkered flag on NASCAR’s shortest circuit.

This time, Johnson will have to get around his teammate after Gordon won the pole for the Subway 500 at 94.974 mph on the 0.526-mile circuit on a rainy Friday. Johnson, 68 points back in second, will start fourth Sunday.

Chevrolet took the top four spots on the grid with Martin Truex Jr. earning the spot outside Gordon with a lap at 94.737 mph and Kevin Harvick third at 94.685 mph.