Mike Edwards is making a habit of capturing pole positions.

Edwards nabbed his seventh pole of the season with a track-record time of 6.957 seconds at Bandimere Saturday.

"It's very rewarding I can tell you that," said Edwards, who is second in the point standings behind Jeg Coughlin. "We have really turned our program around this year and it's paying off. We struggled here (Friday) really, really bad. We lost the handle on it a little bit and hat's off to my guys today. We had a complete turnaround today and made two really nice runs. I'm tickled and pleased for all of my guys."

Edwards knocked Allen Johnson off the pole. Johnson came in second at 6.964 seconds. Ron Krisher (6.986), Jason Line (6.990), Greg Anderson (6.993) and Roger Brogdon (6.995) qualified third, fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively. Prior to this weekend, no Pro Stock driver have ever recorded a 6-second pass at the Mile-High Nationals.

"I feel bad in a way for AJ (Allen Johnson)," Edwards said. "It's a Mopar race and he had transmission trouble. I was hoping he could make a good run to see where he was at. That's a good team over there. I told everybody that when we went to the line that I think we could get second, but I didn't think we could get first. Mark Ingersoll, AJ's crew chief, is spectacular up here on the mountain. I call him the king of the hill."  

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