Newman grabs fourth pole of the year at Pocono
Quote selected text Published June 8th, 2007 in NASCAR News
Ryan Newman captured the pole for Sunday’s Pocono 500 at the Pocono Raceway, his third consecutive pole win. The No.12 Penske Dodge circled the 2.5-mile tri-oval in 52.922 seconds (170.062 m.p.h.).
The pole victory was Newman’s fourth of the season and 41st of his Nextel Cup career. In his sixth full season, Newman is tied with Mark Martin, who is in his 27th year, for 11th all-time.
“It was a good run, the Alltel Dodge guys did a good job,” said Newman. “The car was fast off the truck, which makes a huge difference. We only did six laps in practice.”
Starting alongside Newman will be Denny Hamlin who posted a second-best time of 53.167 seconds. Hamlin won the pole and this race last year.
Martin Truex Jr. (53.346) and Kyle Busch (53.527) will make up row two.
RESULTS:
Pos # Driver Sponsor Car
1 12 Ryan Newman Alltel Dodge
2 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Chevrolet
3 1 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet
4 5 Kyle Busch Kellogg’s Chevrolet
5 07 Clint Bowyer Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet
6 20 Tony Stewart The Home Depot Chevrolet
7 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet
8 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge
9 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota
10 31 Jeff Burton AT&T Chevrolet
11 18 J.J. Yeley Interstate Batteries Chevrolet
12 25 Casey Mears National Guard Chevrolet
13 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet
14 22 Dave Blaney Caterpillar Toyota
15 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge
16 38 David Gilliland M&M’s Ford
17 96 Tony Raines DLP HDTV Chevrolet
18 24 Jeff Gordon Dupont Chevrolet
19 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet
20 4 Ward Burton State Water Heaters Chevrolet
21 15 Paul Menard Menards Chevrolet
22 41 Reed Sorenson Target Dodge
23 00 David Reutimann Burger King Toyota
24 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt Ford
25 26 Jamie McMurray Irwin Industrial Tools Ford
26 43 Bobby Labonte Cheerios Dodge
27 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge
28 84 AJ Allmendinger Red Bull Toyota
29 40 David Stremme Coors Light Dodge
30 88 Ricky Rudd Snickers Ford
31 10 Scott Riggs Valvoline Dodge
32 99 Carl Edwards Office Depot Ford
33 13 Joe Nemechek Haier Chevrolet
34 01 Mark Martin U.S. Army Chevrolet
35 45 Chad McCumbee Goody’s Cool Orange Dodge
36 6 David Ragan AAA Ford
37 7 Robby Gordon Jim Beam Ford
38 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Texaco/Havoline Dodge
39 66 Jeff Green Best Buy Chevrolet
40 70 Johnny Sauter Yellow Transportation Chevrolet
41 16 Greg Biffle Dish Network Ford
42 14 Sterling Marlin Ginn Clubs & Resorts Chevrolet
43 21 Bill Elliott Motorcraft Genuine Parts Ford
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Yeah!! Geaux Newman! Had to figure that Hamlin would have pole so nice surprise. Now, if only he could get some wins, lol.
hey hey the rocketman is back in action. kool
“I’m not the man they think i am at home
Oh no no no i’m a rocket man”
I love seeing Newman get poles. It’s like Junior winning Talladega to me.
We all know Newman can drive, now if he can just get the racing part down.
Glad to see Newman doing good with the poles, now they need to work on race setup.
Good sign is that most all the winners at this race have started in the top 10 (thats what i heard today on the speed channel)
-Chris
w00t, Jr at lucky #13. Truex 3rd, Tony 6th, Burton at 10th.
Pardon me for ignoring Newman’s pole, but he’s one of the biggest
a__wipes I’ve ever [[not]] met. Though we sure tried. Apparently he
just didn’t feel like it. And yes it was quite clear he was doing
nothing else at the time, so there’s no excuse.
glad to see kasey up there. maybe he can post that good of a finish…