Say What? Hornish wins road course poleUPDATE A reader writes, Dear AR1.com, In IndyCar Sam Hornish was a backmarker on road courses, and he has been the same in NASCAR as well. So how then did he win the pole for the Nationwide at Watkins Glen Saturday over Carl Edwards. Was it to solidify PPG as a NASCAR sponsor? Was it that he's back in Cup so he has to be made to look good against the Nationwide drivers? Was it a NASCAR Timing and Scoring Computer glitch (feature).....similar to Danica Patrick winning the pole at Daytona in her first race as a fulltime NASCAR driver as a reward for coming over?
We'll never know but strange things have happened in NASCAR, things which no one can explain. When the green flag drops and the real racing starts, look for Hornish to get run out of the lead early. Mordichai Rosen, Los Angeles
08/11/12 Lineup
POS
CAR
DRIVER
MAKE
SPONSOR
SPEED
TIME
BEHIND
1
12
Sam Hornish Jr.
Dodge
PPG
122.454
72.027
Leader
2
60
Carl Edwards
Dodge
Subway
122.340
72.094
-0.067
3
33
Paul Menard
Chevrolet
Menards / Rheem
122.105
72.233
-0.206
4
22
Brad Keselowski
Dodge
SKF / Discount Tire
122.076
72.250
-0.223
5
54
Kyle Busch
Toyota
Monster Energy
121.931
72.336
-0.309
6
18
Joey Logano
Toyota
GameStop / buymytronics.com
121.654
72.501
-0.474
7
2
Elliott Sadler
Chevrolet
Charter
121.478
72.606
-0.579
8
31
Justin Allgaier
Chevrolet
Brandt
121.466
72.613
-0.586
9
11
Brian Scott
Toyota
Dollar General
121.196
72.775
-0.748
10
6
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Ford
Ford EcoBoost
121.139
72.809
-0.782
11
38
Kasey Kahne
Chevrolet
Great Clips
121.082
72.843
-0.816
12
88
Cole Whitt*
Chevrolet
TaxSlayer.com
121.014
72.884
-0.857
13
20
Ryan Truex
Toyota
Grime Boss
120.733
73.054
-1.027
14
30
Miguel Paludo
Chevrolet
Duroline Brakes
120.173
73.394
-1.367
15
5
Ron Fellows
Chevrolet
Canadian Tire
120.095
73.442
-1.415
16
199
Victor Gonzalez Jr.
Toyota
Delta Commercial / IMCA
119.918
73.550
-1.523
17
19
Alex Popow
Toyota
G-Oil / Noah's Light Foundation
119.842
73.597
-1.570
18
42
Josh Wise
Chevrolet
Key Motorsports
119.483
73.818
-1.791
19
43
Michael Annett
Ford
Pilot Flying J
119.448
73.840
-1.813
20
44
Mike Bliss
Toyota
TriStar Motorsports
119.397
73.871
-1.844
21
51
Jeremy Clements
Chevrolet
USS James E. Williams DDG 95
119.085
74.065
-2.038
22
47
Stephen Leicht
Chevrolet
Curtis Key Plumbing
119.064
74.078
-2.051
23
7
Danica Patrick
Chevrolet
GoDaddy.com
118.998
74.119
-2.092
24
159
Kyle Kelley
Chevrolet
Jamison Eng. / UPR.com
118.958
74.144
-2.117
25
87
Alex Kennedy
Toyota
Global Barter Corporation / Dream Factory
118.900
74.180
-2.153
26
97
Joe Nemechek
Toyota
AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves
118.612
74.360
-2.333
27
81
Jason Bowles*
Toyota
American Majority
118.574
74.384
-2.357
28
01
Mike Wallace
Chevrolet
JD Motorsports
118.199
74.620
-2.593
29
41
Timmy Hill
Ford
Lilly Trucking
118.156
74.647
-2.620
30
3
Austin Dillon*
Chevrolet
AdvoCare
118.137
74.659
-2.632
31
40
J.J. Yeley
Chevrolet
Key Motorsports
117.971
74.764
-2.737
32
15
Chris Cook
Chevrolet
Lilly Trucking
117.512
75.056
-3.029
33
10
Jeff Green
Toyota
TriStar Motorsports
117.473
75.081
-3.054
34
275
Kenny Habul
Toyota
SunEnergy 1 Racing
117.375
75.144
-3.117
35
153
Eric Curran
Dodge
Whelen / Michael J. Fox Foundation
117.234
75.234
-3.207
36
46
Matt DiBenedetto
Chevrolet
The Motorsports Group
116.766
75.536
-3.509
37
39
Matthew Bell
Chevrolet
Global Barter Corp.
115.392
76.435
-4.408
38
4
Daryl Harr
Chevrolet
iWorld
115.165
76.586
-4.559
39
124
Tim Connolly
Chevrolet
Michael Connolly Endowment for Lung Cancer Research
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