Archive for Saturday, July 4, 2009
Stewart on pole at Daytona
July 4, 2009
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Daytona Beach, Fla. — Tony Stewart will start from a familiar spot tonight at Daytona International Speedway.
The Sprint Cup points leader was awarded the pole for the Coke Zero 400 when rain washed out qualifying Friday.
It was Stewart’s third pole — all in rainouts — in the last five races. He also started up front at Pocono last month and New Hampshire last week.
“It really doesn’t matter anyway,” he said. “In a Cup race, if your car is good enough to get to the front, you can do it from dead last, so it really doesn’t matter if you start from the pole or not.”
Starting from the front has proven beneficial for Stewart. His first points-race win as a driver/car owner came at Pocono, and he finished fifth at New Hampshire. His only Daytona pole came in July 2005, when he won his first race.
Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin rounded out the first three rows.
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