Kasey Kahne went out late today and snatched the Bud Pole away from J. J. Yeley for Sunday’s Samsung/RadioShack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Kasey blistered a lap of 28.374 (190.315 mph) to become our first two-timer of the season (pole-wise) and take down his 8th career NEXTEL Cup top-spot.
J. J. Yeley (2nd) grabbed his career-best starting spot today. His previous best was 4th at California this past February.
Mark Martin (3rd) has his best starting spot since he had the outside pole at California last September.
Jeff Green (4th) has his best starting spot since he lined up 3rd at Richmond in May of 2004!
Matt Kenseth (6th) has his best starting spot since he qualified 3rd when we were here last November.
Martin Truex Jr (9th) has his best starting spot since he lined up 8th at Atlanta last October.
Clint Bowyer(12th) has his career-best starting spot this weekend. His previous best was 16th at Atlanta last month.
Reed Sorenson (13th) also has his career-best starting spot for Sunday. His previous best starts were 15th at Atlanta last month and at Homestead last November.
Mike Garvey (23rd) has his career-best starting spot this weekend as well. His previous best was 32nd at Pocono last July.
Terry Labonte (30th) has his best starting spot since he qualified 20th at Michigan last August.
Welcome Back Derrike Cope (38th). This is Derrike’s first start since Martinsville last October…..the only Cup race he qualified for last year.
STREAKIN…..Greg Biffle has 6 Top-10 starts in a row.
Kurt Busch has 6 Top-10 starts in a row.
Kasey Kahne has 4 Top-5 starts in the last 5 races.
In 10 races at Bruton’s “Palace on the Prairie” we’ve had no repeat winners, but you can look for that to end on Sunday. With the Roush Fords running so good and with 7 of the previous wins here belonging to the Blue Oval guys, they’ve gotta be considered your favorite going in.(Stock Car Fans)(4-7-2006)
