Montoya nips Johnson for Brickyard pole

By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 24, 2010)
INDIANAPOLIS —Juan Pablo Montoya took advantage of an early qualifying draw and a slightly conservative approach from Jimmie Johnson to win the pole for Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, as Chevrolets claimed nine of the first 10 starting spots.
With a lap at 182.278 mph (49.375 [...]

Wilson Grabs Toronto Pole

Justin Wilson earned his first IZOD IndyCar Series pole and set a series track record in the process. Now all the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing driver has to do is hold off 25 challengers over 85 laps in the Honda Indy Toronto.
“Easier said than done,” acknowledged Wilson, who posted a quick lap of 1 minute, [...]

British Grand Prix Qualifying Results

Chalk it up to Sebastian Vettel to bring a strong car to Silverstone and get the desired results.Vettel aced two of the three runs, notching the pole position for the 2010 British Grand Prix.
Below are the qualification results for the 2010 British Grand Prix:

Pos
No
Driver
Team
Q1
Q2
Q3
Laps

1
5
Sebastian Vettel
RBR-Renault
01:30.8
01:30.5
01:29.6
18

2
6
Mark Webber
RBR-Renault
01:30.9
01:30.1
01:29.8
18

3
8
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
01:31.0
01:30.7
01:30.4
23

4
2
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
01:31.3
01:31.1
01:30.6
17

5
4
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes GP
01:31.6
01:31.1
01:30.6
23

6
11
Robert Kubica
Renault
01:31.7
01:31.3
01:31.0
22

7
7
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
01:31.3
01:31.0
01:31.2
26

8
9
Rubens Barrichello
Williams-Cosworth
01:31.4
01:31.1
01:31.2
20

9
22
Pedro de la [...]

McMurray Takes Chicagoland Pole

Jamie McMurray made his time during the Lifelock.com 400 worth his while as he claimed the pole at Chicagoland Speedway Friday afternoon, his third of the season and sixth of his career.

He was followed during qualifications by Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle and Sam Hornish, Jr. to round out the Top 5 on the [...]

Daly Wins Pole, Vautier On Front Row For Round 3 Of The Star Mazda

New Jersey Motorsports Park (June 27, 2010) – Call it a ‘rotary rematch.’ The front row for the start of this afternoon’s Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear at New Jersey Motorsports Park, Round 3 of the VISITFLORIDA Cup, is the same as yesterday – American Conor Daly on the pole in the #22 Juncos [...]

Conor Daly on pole at New Jersey

New Jersey Motorsports Park (June 26, 2010) – By a margin of more than half a second, Conor Daly, the current championship leader and winner of the last four races in a row, has put his #22 Juncos Racing / INDECK / The College Network / Merchant Services Ltd. Mazda on the pole for this [...]

Montoya edges Kahne for New Hampshire pole

By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(June 25, 2010)
LOUDON , N.H. —Juan Montoya proved Friday that you don’t have to run a perfect lap to win a pole in NASCAR Sprint Cup racing.
Despite sliding in Turn 3 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Montoya posted a lap at 132.337 mph to edge Kasey Kahne (132.158 mph) [...]

Conor Daly on Pole for Star Mazda Iowa

American Conor Daly has taken his third pole of the season with a new track record lap of 21.933 sec. and will start his #22 Juncos Racing / INDECK / The College Network / Merchant Services Ltd. Mazda from the inside row in this evening’s second annual 100-lap Star Mazda Championship Pizza Ranch 100.   The [...]

Kahne Grabs Infineon Pole

Kasey Kahne won the pole Friday at Infineon Raceway in the same car he drove to victory in last year’s race on the road course, reports the Associated Press.
Kahne turned a lap of 93.893 mph around the 11-turn, 1.99-mile course in a Ford for Richard Petty Motorsports. He knocked four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson [...]

Pocono Sprint Cup qualifying

Kyle Busch earns his first Pocono pole
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(June 4, 2010)
LONG POND, Pa. —Historically, Kyle Busch’s strong qualifying efforts at Pocono Raceway haven’t translated to excellence on race days.
After winning the Coors Light Pole Award for Sunday’s Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500, however, Busch hopes that trend is about to change.
Busch will [...]