CONCORD, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson will start from the pole in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race in Concord, N.C., after qualifying with a time of 121.416 seconds for two laps with a pit-stop in-between.

And while his run got him prime starting position, a blooper stole the show during qualifying.

Forgetting he needed to take four tires, Tony Stewart drove away from his pit box as his crew sat around the car. One man threw up his arm in confused frustration.

"I'll be right back," Stewart said over the radio.

Afterward, he laughed.

"I'm just praying that Dale (Earnhardt) Jr. does what he's done all year and misses the box," Stewart said.

No such luck. Earnhardt qualified fourth behind Kurt Busch on the outside pole and Matt Kenseth, who will start third.

Kenseth traditionally has trouble qualifying. But this is the second week in a row he's qualified well. He won the pole in Darlington last week.

"I think last week was our fourth pole, or something like that," Kenseth said. "So every 100 starts or so we'll win a pole."

Ten Chevrolets are in the starting lineup for Saturday night's all-star race. That's more than twice as many entries as any other manufacturer has.Ford is second with four cars, and Toyota and Dodge each have two teams in the race.

When Kyle Busch is winning, he seems to do everything right on the racetrack. So it makes sense that the first thing Busch referenced, when asked what his weaknesses were, was not a racing issue."Of course it's the off-track stuff after a bad race — that's a bad weakness," Busch said, referencing his temper after bad races."I've got some weaknesses. Like at Darlington there, just not showing enough patience with the car. I was very easily frustrated last week and ended up taking myself out. That was a bad deal. When all the cars are the same, it's just so hard because you can't do anything. You want to make a car that will actually do something and you can go pass some guys, and sometimes it's hard to do that when everybody is so equal."It's just the frustration is probably my biggest thing."

Richard Petty Motorsports CEO Tom Reddin resigned from the team for personal reasons.Reddin joined Gillett Evernham Motorsports last year and oversaw its merger with Petty Enterprises this offseason.