Penske Racing’s Helio Castroneves won the pole for Sunday’s Indy 500 and Penske’s two Nextel Cup drivers, #12-Ryan Newman and #2-Kurt Busch, sit on the front row for the Coca Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. The 2nd time Penske Racing has had that happen, the first happening in 2003 when both Newman and Castroneves won the poles for their respected races. Newman finished 5th and Castroneves 2nd in 2003. Penske driver have sat on the Indy 500 pole 14 times and 3 times [all Newman] for the Coca-Cola 600, Penske has won the Indy 500 14 times, but never won at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.(5-25-2007)
