Posted on 06/12/2005 8:30:12 AM PDT by Panerai
It took 14 years to do it, but Michael Waltrip is once again a polesitter on NASCAR's top circuit.
The 42-year-old from Owensboro, Ky., ended a qualifying drought of 446 races by putting his Chevrolet in the top spot Saturday at Pocono Raceway. Waltrip got around the 2.5-mile triangular-shaped oval at 169.052 mph for his first pole since Michigan in 1991.
He edged Nextel Cup series champion Kurt Busch, who will start on the outside of the front row Sunday in the $4.75 million Pocono 500. It was the third career pole for two-time Daytona 500 champion Waltrip, a regular in the series since 1984.
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MW gets on my last nerve. Go Bobby LaBonte!
what is the record for longest time between polls?
Good one
Don't worry. Stewart will probably take him out this week.
Go #97! :D
If his team mate doesn't get him first.
Go Smoke!
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