Mark Martin became the second oldest pole winner in the history of Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday, clocking a lap time of 15.256 seconds at 125.773 mph to roll off first for Sunday’s Food City 500.
“It feels really good to show everybody that we’ve still got speed, and we are going to keep digging,” Martin said.
Prior to the series’ last stop two weeks ago in Atlanta, the 50-year-old Martin had gone 257 races without a pole, dating back to 2001
While Martin has had two straight races with good starting spots, he is waiting for a good finishing position.
“As soon as we have one good run, one good finish, we’re going to start feeling better,” said Martin, whose finishes include two 40ths and a 31st in four races this year. “We’ve been a little bit nauseous.”
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 2 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 4 16 Greg Biffle Ford 5 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 6 0 David Reutimann Toyota 7 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 8 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 9 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 10 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 11 82 Scott Speed* Toyota 12 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 13 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 14 171 David Gilliland Chevrolet 15 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 16 64 Todd Bodine Toyota 17 28 Travis Kvapil Ford 18 8 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 19 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 20 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 21 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 22 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 23 20 Joey Logano* Toyota 24 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 25 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 26 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge 27 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 28 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota 29 12 David Stremme Dodge 30 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 31 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 32 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 33 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 34 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 35 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 36 96 Bobby Labonte Ford 37 7 Casey Mears Chevrolet 38 99 Carl Edwards Ford 39 34 John Andretti Chevrolet 40 31 Jeff Burton+ Chevrolet 41 6 David Ragan+ Ford 42 98 Paul Menard+ Ford 43 9 Sterling Marlin Dodge
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