David Ragan on pole for the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis
Roush Fenway Racing's David Ragan claimed pole position for the Brickyard 400 as the team continued its dominance of the Indianapolis weekend.
Ragan, who claimed his maiden Sprint Cup win earlier this month at Daytona, beat the early benchmark set by three-time Brickyard 400 winner Jimmie Johnson with a lap of 49.182 seconds at an average speed of 182.994 mph.
Red Bull Racing's Kasey Kahne would later get to within 0.018s of Ragan's lap, bumping Johnson from the front row of the grid and securing his best start at Indy.
"It was just a good, solid lap," said Ford driver Ragan after claiming his second Cup pole. "I always criticise myself and think I could have gotten more, but I don't really know. The car was fast. It did what I needed it to do.
"We were off a little bit in race practice but I think we made a lot of changes, we made some improvements. The key for tomorrow is staying up front. I don't think you can fall any further back than 10th or 15th.
"We've got to have a good day on pitroad, I've got to make good adjustments on the race car. It'll be hot, it'll be slick. We've got to stay in that top-10 all day."
Kahne, who survived a massive crash in a sprint car event last weekend, took his second front-row start of the season, giving his team reason for hope as it still seeks investors to stay afloat in 2012. He anticipates tyre wear will increase relative to the past and feels confident on his car's consistency on long runs.
"Top-two or three rows starting here is really good the way things are right now," said Kahne. "One thing that's going to be a little bit different is that the tyres are going to fall off a lot tomorrow, which will be good I think for the race.
"I think there will be a little bit more passing because of that. Some cars get slower than others as the race runs go. I think we'll be in a good spot. Our cars didn't fall off too bad today."
Johnson's Hendrick Chevrolet will share the second row of the grid with Penske Dodge driver Kurt Busch, making it four different manufacturers in the top four spots, while the second Penske car of Brad Keselowski rounded out the top five.
Richard Petty's AJ Allmendinger was sixth ahead of pre-race favourite Juan Pablo Montoya, who had a solid qualifying effort alongside his new Earnhardt Ganassi Racing crew chief Jim Pohlman.
Johnson's Hendrick team-mate Jeff Gordon was eighth while the Roush Fenway Fords of Matt Kenseth and points leader Carl Edwards completed the top 10.
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JJ Yeley has parted ways with Whitney Motorsports and will drive for Front Row Motorsports the rest of the 2011 season. Yeley drove the No. 38 car for the team last week at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and finished 23rd.
will bring his strong record at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to Front Row Motorsports this weekend when he pilots the No. 38 Long John Silver's Ford. Travis Kvapil, the car's usual driver, will be racing in the Camping World Truck Series in
Erik Darnell will replace JJ Yeley in the No. 46 Whitney Motorsports Chevrolet this weekend at New Hampshire. If it's summer, Tony Stewart's focus is becoming clear. See our latest NASCAR Power Rankings. Darnell, 28, drove trucks and cars for Roush
JJ YELEY, No. 30 Long John Silver’s Ford Fusion "It was just a little bit off. It was pretty good through all of practice and we did a lot of fine tuning adjustments. We were solid enough through all of practice that it was something we didn’t
David Stremme, Travis Kvapil, Erik Darnell, JJ Yeley and Scott Wimmer failed to make the field. Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. David Ragan Roush Fenway Ford 49.182s 2. Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 49.200s + 0.018s 3. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Chevrolet
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