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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Carl Edwards is looking for Sprint Cup gold and there are few more successful spots him this season than Bristol Motor Speedway.Edwards won from the pole at the track in April and on Friday led Joe Gibbs Racings Olympic-style, 1-2-3 sweep of the top three spots in qualifying for the Saturday night race.Hopefully, well be sitting here tomorrow night at the end of this deal talking about how we did it in the race, Edwards said. Thatd be pretty neat.Edwards had a fast lap of 131.407 mph on the concrete surface of the half-mile track in the final segment of the three-round knockout qualifying. He bested teammates Denny Hamlin in second and Kyle Busch in third.Hamlin set the Bristol qualifying record of 131.668 mph in the first round of NASCARs three rounds of knockout qualifications.Ryan Blaney was fourth, his Ford disrupting a quartet of JGR racers as he finished a tick in front of Matt Kenseth.Chase Elliott was sixth, followed by Martin Truex Jr., AJ Allmendinger, Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano.Jeff Gordon was 11th, his best showing in the four races he has subbed for injured Dale Earnhardt Jr.Chris Buescher, the winner at Pocono last month, rounded out the top 12.It looks difficult for anyone to crack what appears to be JGRs dominance. While most of the garage is scrambling for position to make the championship Chase, Gibbs four drivers are already locked into the 16-driver field with a combined 10 victories in the seasons first 22 races.All of our cars were all very fast, Hamlin said. When youve got drivers that have equal equipment, all good drivers, it will be close.Edwards claimed his 21st career Sprint Cup pole and fourth at Bristol. Hamlin will start in the top 10 for the 21st time this season while Busch will make his 16th top-10 start of the year.---Other things from Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday:BIFFLES APPROACH: Greg Biffle might want to take a different tack at Bristol.The Roush Fenway Racing driver spun out and slid -- without hitting the wall -- during Sprint Cup practice early Friday. Then during qualifying, Biffle did a way-too-similar spin slide.He said he thought the car was strong and he was heading to a fast lap when he felt the car get loose and slip away.Biffle is in need of a strong performance in Saturday nights race. After not finishing in the top 10 in the first 16 races, he had an eighth, sixth and fifth the next three weeks at Daytona, Kentucky and New Hampshire. The spurt didnt last and Biffle has ended 39th, 25th and 39th the past three races.Biffle is starting 34th for the race.LOGANO THREE-PEAT?: Joey Logano has won the past two summer night races at Bristol and believes he can make it three in a row this weekend.Logano, locked into the championship Chase since winning at Michigan, has a string of consistently high finishes eight top-10s over the past 10 races -- six of those top five or better. He will start 10th on Saturday.The last driver to win two straight August events was Kyle Busch in 2009 and 2010. The last to win three straight summer events here was Darrell Waltrip in 1981, 1982 and 1983.DALE JRS REGIMEN: Dale Earnhardt Jr. is missing his fifth race this week since doctors believe he had a concussion from a hard crash at Michigan two month ago. 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Unfortunately for Carolina, there almost certainly will be no Super Bowl at the end of the season for the defending NFC champions.Though the Panthers did just about everything right Monday night in a 26-15 win over the Washington Redskins, its been a rough encore for a team that went 15-1 before breezing into the Super Bowl.Carolina (6-8) has battled through injuries, free-agent defections and inexperience at key positions. On Monday night, the Panthers showed just how good they can be when performing to their potential.For us, our challenge all year has been playing a complete game, Newton said.Battered, bruised and weary from a seasons worth of hard hits, the agile quarterback showed his frustration when he tossed the ball at Washingtons Trent Murphy on a play in the second quarter. Newton was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct after Murphy roughed him up a bit as he was sliding to the ground.Ive got to be better than that, Newton said.When it came to flinging the ball at his receivers, Newton was better than usual. He went 21 for 37 with two touchdowns and didnt turn the ball over.He was backed by a solid running game led by Jonathan Stewart, who amassed a season-high 132 yards on 25 carries.Throw in a defense that allowed only one touchdown, and youve got the 2015 Panthers.They loaded the box up, backers were shooting the gap, Redskins tackle Trent Williamms said.dddddddddddd Thats the same front seven they went to the Super Bowl with. Thats a good group of guys.The Panthers on Monday night looked nothing like the group that started 1-5 and got beat by such scores as 22-10 and 40-7.We had a bit of continuity, coach Ron Rivera said. Weve got an offensive line thats played together for what, four weeks now? Weve got a group of young corners that have played together for five weeks now. We ran the ball very effectively today.Carolina has only a mathematical chance of getting back to the playoffs, but thats not what drives the Panthers as the season draws to end.Asked what the team is playing for, Newton replied with one word: Wins.Were playing for a ton of pride and the guy next to us, defensive end Wes Horton said. Even if we didnt have a playoff scenario, were still going to fight to the end. Our objective is to go undefeated the rest of the season.Rivera insisted upon it.Coach challenged us as man, as players, as professionals, to come out and do our job, Newton said. Thats what we tried to do today, and we did it.Newton arrived fashionably late for his postgame session wearing a pink hat, checkered suit, blue tie and sneakers -- even though Rivera told the team they could travel home in sweat suits.Newton said his attire was a tribute to Craig Sager, an NBA analyst who died recently of cancer.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '