| GERHART WINS PORK POLE AT DAYTONA FOR 3RD CONSECUTIVE SEASON |
“It went as planned," said Gerhart. "We were pretty confident we had a good enough car when we came here. I was a little stunned at the instability that the car had when we came. Starting up front is important to all of us. We need to make them go fast and then we make them drive good. We made the car fast and I believe we have a pretty good handle on it, and it felt awful secure those couple of laps and hopefully we have it rockin' for Saturday.” Blake Feese, in the Hendrick Motorsports-prepared ditech.com Chevrolet, qualified second with a speed of 183.711 mph. “Qualifying second works for me,” said Feese. “We qualified second at Talladega last year and won the race. We’re up front, the car’s balanced beautifully, and I know the Hendrick Motorsports team will give me every chance under the sun to win this race.” Roush Racing developmental driver Todd Kluever, in the World Financial Group Ford, qualified third at 182.508 mph. “I’m just so happy to be racing at Daytona,” said Kluever. “This has always been a dream of mine, and to have this opportunity to race here under the Roush Racing banner is as good as it gets. The car’s great; we thought we had a shot at the pole, but we’ll take third. Really looking forward to the race.” Kyle Krisiloff, also under the Hendrick Motorsports driver developmental plan, qualified fourth ahead of Farmington, Minnesota rookie Joey Miller, who qualified fifth. Saturday’s Advance Discount Auto Parts 200 is LIVE on SPEED Channel at 4 pm eastern. NOTE: The following teams failed to successfully complete technical inspection by the established deadline in Pork Pole award qualifying for Saturday’s Advance Discount Auto Parts 200. These teams are eligible for a starting position if they have a provisional. #46, Frank Kimmel #48, Kertus Davis #95, Roger Williams #34, Darrell Basham #79, Tim Turner #27, Dicky Williamson #68, Steve Bramley #91, Christi Passmore #26, Brad Smith #96, Brandon Knupp |