Brendan Gaughan, a 33-year old rookie, overtook Carl Edwards to finish first in Nationwide Series qualifying Saturday morning at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Gaughan turned the half-mile lap in 15.209 seconds, reaching a speed of 126.162 mph.
Gaughan picked up his first pole in any NASCAR series since 2003, when he earned three in the truck series.
“It’s been a long time since I had a pole,” said Gaughan, who will make his first Nationwide start in the top 10 thus far this season. “I’m really excited.
“We never even tried to win poles in the trucks and we had three in a row. It was one of those things where we just put an emphasis on a solid starting position. I figured a top 12, but whatever the boys did to it made it a great race car.”
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POS CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 62 Brendan Gaughan* Chevrolet 2 60 Carl Edwards Ford 3 27 Jason Keller Ford 4 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 5 10 Kelly Bires Toyota 6 16 Matt Kenseth Ford 7 29 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 8 6 David Ragan Ford 9 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 10 42 Kenny Hendrick Dodge 11 198 Paul Menard Ford 12 9 John Wes Townley* Ford 13 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 14 12 Justin Allgaier* Dodge 15 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 16 32 Burney Lamar Toyota 17 1 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Chevrolet 18 173 Kevin Lepage Dodge 19 99 Scott Speed Toyota 20 11 Scott Lagasse Jr.* Toyota 21 15 Michael Annett* Toyota 22 1 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 23 20 Joey Logano Toyota 24 102 Andy Ponstein Chevrolet 25 90 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet 26 172 Benny Gordon Ford 27 52 Trevor Bayne Chevrolet 28 136 Marc Davis* Toyota 29 24 Eric McClure Ford 30 40 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 31 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet 32 91 Terry Cook Chevrolet 33 234 Tony Raines Chevrolet 34 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 35 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 36 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Chevrolet 37 5 Casey Atwood Chevrolet 38 89 Morgan Shepherd+ Chevrolet 39 81 Kevin Hamlin+ Dodge 40 7 David Green+ Toyota 41 61 Brandon Whitt+ Ford 42 47 Michael McDowell+* Toyota 43 0 Steve Grissom Chevrolet
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