Not NASCAR but quite a feat: Indy Racing League driver Sarah Fisher became the first woman to win the pole position in a major auto race Saturday when she nudged Billy Boat from the top spot in qualifying for the Belterra Casino Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway. Fisher ran a track-record 221.390 mph for Sunday’s race. While Fisher became the first woman to take the pole in a major series, Shawna Robinson won poles for a NASCAR Busch Series race in 1994 at Atlanta and a 2000 ARCA event in Michigan.(ThatsRacin/AP)(8-11-2002)
