HERB GOULD, SunTimes.com: Mears, the nephew of four-time Indianapolis 500 champion Rick Mears, will be joined in the front row Sunday by Martin Truex Jr. (182.476 mph). Ryan Newman and Mark Martin will be in the second row, followed by an odd-couple third row of Earnhardt and Busch.
Auto Racing Daily Reports:
July 14
“I’m happy to get my first pole here with Hendrick Motorsports in the National Guard/GMAC Chevrolet, “ Mears said. “It’s just awesome. “
The performance marks Mears’ third pole in 163 career NEXTEL Cup races.
By Dave Kallmann
July 14
Maybe the difference was in the sky. Or on the racetrack. Or maybe it was all in Casey Mears’ head. Qualifying under a fluffy cloud that maybe, just maybe, cooled the Chicagoland Speedway asphalt, Mears won the pole for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series USG Sheetrock 400 on Sunday.
“Sometime I tell the guys just to put a little darker shield on so I think it’s cloudy out,” Mears said Friday after earning the third No. 1 starting spot of his career and his first for Hendrick Motorsports.
By Tom Jensen
July 14
“Our goal was the top-10 from Charlotte out and that hasn’t happened yet. We need to get some good top fives. Obviously, we’d like to win this race. It would give us a good boost.
USA TODAY:
July 14
Seven weeks removed from his first Nextel Cup victory, Casey Mears captured his first pole for Hendrick Motorsports, pacing qualifiers on Friday for Sunday’s USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.
By David Poole
July 14
Casey Mears’ Chevrolet moved fastest while Dale Earnhardt Jr. merchandise was priced to move fast Friday at Chicagoland Speedway.
July 13
Casey Mears turned a lap of 182.556 miles per hour in his Chevrolet today, taking the pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet.
It marks the third career pole for Mears, who is the 29-year-old nephew of four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears.
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