Denny Hamlin gets the Pole for the Goody’s Cool Orange 500
Denny Hamlin got the pole in qualifying yesterday for the Goody’s Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Speedway, Gordon ended up starting third, and he qualified first, so the track was pretty slick still. Looks like there are quite a few teams that need to work on their brakes, as there was a bunch whose tires were locking up and sliding, causing them to drift up the track.
Michael Waltrip continues to shine, his shoes that is, as the 55 team failed to qualify for their fifth straight race. Wasn’t Michael the one bragging about how good he could drive Daytona before all of his troubles started? Did all of his “talent” stay at DEI?
During today’s practices, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Martin Truex Jr. are atop the leader board for the two practice sessions, with Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, and Kyle Busch all in the top ten in both sessions.
Here is how they qualified at Martinsville:
1 11 Denny Hamlin
2 26 Jamie McMurray
3 24 Jeff Gordon
4 21 Ken Schrader
5 18 J.J. Yeley
6 29 Kevin Harvick
7 20 Tony Stewart
8 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
9 99 Carl Edwards
10 70 Johnny Sauter
11 96 Tony Raines
12 2 Kurt Busch
13 36 Jeremy Mayfield
14 5 Kyle Busch
15 1 Martin Truex Jr.
16 38 David Gilliland
17 88 Ricky Rudd
18 19 Elliott Sadler
19 31 Jeff Burton
20 48 Jimmie Johnson
21 07 Clint Bowyer
22 22 Dave Blaney
23 42 Juan Montoya
24 12 Ryan Newman
25 7 Robby Gordon
26 10 Scott Riggs
27 6 David Ragan
28 41 Reed Sorenson
29 40 David Stremme
30 13 Joe Nemechek
31 43 Bobby Labonte
32 66 Jeff Green
33 17 Matt Kenseth
34 16 Greg Biffle
35 25 Casey Mears
36 01 Regan Smith
37 14 Sterling Marlin
38 44 Dale Jarrett
39 49 Mike Bliss
40 84 A.J. Allmendinger
41 9 Kasey Kahne
42 45 Kyle Petty
43 00 David Reutimann
Did Not Qualify
44 55 Michael Waltrip
45 15 Paul Menard
46 78 Kenny Wallace
47 37 Kevin Lepage
48 83 Brian Vickers
49 4 Ward Burton
