Allmendinger claims first Sprint Cup pole at Phoenix
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04/09/2010 -
Avondale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A.J. Allmendinger will start on the pole for
the first time in his Sprint Cup Series career after winning Friday's
qualifying for the Subway Fresh Fit 600 at Phoenix International Raceway.
Allmendinger, a former open-wheel competitor, turned in a blazing lap of
134.675 m.p.h. for his first pole in 87 starts. He also put the Richard Petty-
owned No.43 car on the pole for the first time since John Andretti did it for
Petty in November 1999 at Phoenix.
"To get a pole, it might be minor, but it's a small victory for us,"
Allmendinger said. "We've always struggled in qualifying, but to get our first
pole and kind of get that monkey off our back, we get to see the green flag
drop and go to the front."
Allmendinger's best Sprint Cup finish so far is third, which came in the 2009
Daytona 500.
Scott Speed will join Allmendinger on the front row after turning a lap of
134.373 m.p.h. Speed matched his best qualifying effort, with his first
outside pole coming in November 2008 at Homestead.
"We knew looking at the data after practice that our car was pretty good,"
Speed said. "As a team, we did a good job this week, because [Phoenix] is one
of those places where we only get two practices all weekend. We really have to
maximize those as much as we can."
Sam Hornish Jr. qualified a career-best third, while Marcos Ambrose and Dale
Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the top-five.
Joey Logano took the sixth starting spot, followed by Juan Pablo Montoya,
Martin Truex Jr., Carl Edwards, who's making his 200th career Cup start, and
Jeff Gordon.
Four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson qualified 16th. Johnson has
won four of the last five races at Phoenix. His Hendrick Motorsports teammate
Mark Martin won here one year ago. Martin was 23rd in qualifying.
Denny Hamlin will start 26th. Hamlin returned to the track for the first time
since he underwent surgery to repair the anterior cruciate ligament in his
left knee nine days ago. He expects to start the 375-lap race, but might hand
over his car to relief driver Casey Mears in the early going.
"My goal is to know what I am going to do before lap 100," Hamlin said. "If I
go past lap 100, there's no reason to decide and abort. I just need to tough
it out at that point. We got to do it early, and I will know early what I've
got. There's so much different stuff that were going to do tomorrow morning to
help this thing. I don't know how much better I will feel tomorrow, but I know
as of today, there's no way I can do it."
Hamlin and Mears shared driving in the No.11 Toyota during both practices on
Friday. Hamlin topped the charts in the first practice with a lap of 131.120
m.p.h. He was 23rd quickest in the final session.
The 29-year-old Hamlin plans to have his stitches removed and his knee drained
on Saturday morning.
David Stremme, Aric Almirola, Mike Bliss and Brandon Ash failed to qualify.
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Michael Bush (RB, Louisville)
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JaMarcus Russell (QB, LSU)
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