Because of Brad Keselowski‘s absence, Kurt Busch made some hay while the sun shone at Watkins Glen International. Saturday was the day for qualifications for this NASCAR Nationwide Series race. Busch did well for himself, grabbing the pole while putting out a hot lap of 123.241 MPH as th qualifying was ran with eight groups [...]
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Busch Grabs Pole At NNS Zippo 200
August 13th, 2011 
Stephen Rhodes 
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Karam On Pole At Mosport For Round 6 Of The 2011 Star Mazda Championship
Quickest throughout most of pre-race testing, Sage Karam — currently the hottest driver in the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear – has scored his second pole of the season with a lap of 1:15.707 (116.930 mph) around the 10-turn, 2.4-mile road course at Mosport International Raceway. He set the quick time on Lap 5 [...]
Level 5 Motorsports To Start Second In LMP2 Battle At Imola
The stage has been set at the famed Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit, with Level 5 Motorsports having recorded one of its best qualifying performances of the year. Christophe Bouchut put the No. 33 Microsoft Office 2010-sponsored Lola-Honda Spyder in the third row for Sunday’s Six Hours of Imola, the fourth round of the [...]
Edwards lights up Bristol with sub-15-second pole run
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (March 18, 2011) BRISTOL, Tenn. —Posting the only sub-15-second lap of Friday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying session, Carl Edwards edged Roush Fenway Racing teammate Greg Biffle for the pole for Sunday’s Jeff Byrd 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Edwards powered his No. 99 Ford around the .533-mile [...]
This time, Stewart earns his Pocono pole
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (July 30, 2010) LONG POND, Pa.—Tony Stewart, seeking his first win of 2010, is used to starting up front at Pocono Raceway—but this time he earned it during time trials. With a lap at 171.393 mph Friday, Stewart claimed the Coors Light Pole Award for Sunday’s Sunoco [...]
Montoya nips Johnson for Brickyard pole
July 24th, 2010 Stephen Rhodes Posted in NASCAR, Qualifying Times, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors, Video 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 [...]
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 [...]
