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Misc: Daytona 500: Danica Patrick Becomes First Female Nascar Cup Pole-Winner


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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105597

 

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Danica Patrick became the first female driver ever to take a NASCAR Sprint Cup pole position as she outpaced her rivals in qualifying for the Daytona 500.

Having been rapid in January testing and fastest in Saturday practice, Patrick's pace came as no surprise.

 

The IndyCar race-winner is starting her first full season at Cup level with Stewart-Haas Racing. She also took pole at Daytona last year during her Nationwide Series campaign.

 

"I have a feeling it's going to be one of those things I look back on in 10, 20, 30 years and feel something about," said Patrick of her historic achievement.

"At this point in time it's just about going out there and getting what you can. You guys can all talk about it, I'm just turning left..."

 

Stewart-Haas looked like it would dominate for much of qualifying, as team-mates Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart led the way before Patrick's lap and held second and third behind her for a long spell.

But its formation was interrupted when Jeff Gordon snatched second in his Hendrick Chevrolet and 2011 Daytona winner Trevor Bayne thrust his Wood Brothers Ford to third in the closing stages.

 

Only Patrick and Gordon's positions are set for next Sunday's showpiece race, with the rest of the grid decided by the results of the two Duel races on Thursday. Sunday's times set the Dual starting orders.

Newman and Stewart were pushed back to fourth and fifth behind Bayne, with Kasey Kahne in the second-best Hendrick car.

 

Joe Gibbs Racing duo Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch were seventh and eighth, followed by their former and new team-mates, with Gibbs-to-Penske convert Joey Logano and Roush Fenway-to-Gibbs mover Matt Kenseth completing the top 10.

 

 

Reigning champion Brad Keselowski was only 23rd, two places behind his main 2012 title rival Jimmie Johnson. Last year's eventual runner-up Clint Bowyer was 18th and Sprint Unlimited winner Kevin Harvick 25th.

 

 

Qualifying Top 11 times:

 

Pos  Driver                           Team/Car                        Time      Gap
1.  Danica Patrick      Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       45.817s
2.  Jeff Gordon         Hendrick Chevrolet           45.850s  + 0.033s
3.  Trevor Bayne        Wood Brothers Ford           45.924s  + 0.107s
4.  Ryan Newman         Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       45.931s  + 0.114s
5.  Tony Stewart        Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       45.936s  + 0.119s
6.  Kasey Kahne         Hendrick Chevrolet           45.953s  + 0.136s
7.  Denny Hamlin        Joe Gibbs Toyota             45.972s  + 0.155s
8.  Kyle Busch          Joe Gibbs Toyota             45.973s  + 0.156s
9.  Joey Logano         Penske Ford                  45.973s  + 0.156s
10.  Matt Kenseth        Joe Gibbs Toyota             45.983s  + 0.166s
11.  Dale Earnhardt Jr   Hendrick Chevrolet           46.016s  + 0.199s

 

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Thanks X-RAY     was hoping she would do well...... :clap:

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That's my Girl I am so in love with her she did good

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I knew she'd  be on the pole some day

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AH YEA!

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I knew she'd  be on the pole some day

You just wish it your POLE ...lol sorry had to PCakes :w00t:  :harhar:  :cheers:

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She won over my pole years ago. :w00t: 

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she has no chance of winning anything but she is great to watch in those commercials

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she has no chance of winning anything but she is great to watch in those commercials

+1 she doesn't have enough get up and go.

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dont be haters :no ..you know she is hot and can drive the hell out of a car .. she will do good just dont think it will be right now .....the new cars are a hand full .for them all..she can drive the car and one day might win the cup ..just dont see it in the next 3-5 years .. hot :shok:  sexy :P  rich :D ...did i say sexy ..

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lol don't you guys know the Danicka is really Dale Earnhart jr in drag ??

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I knew she'd  be on the pole some day

You just wish it your POLE ...lol sorry had to PCakes :w00t:  :harhar:  :cheers:

hell ye i wish it was mine lol

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That's my Girl I am so in love with her she did good

lol she says she likes to be there and let people play with her

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she has no chance of winning anything but she is great to watch in those commercials

+1 she doesn't have enough get up and go.

you never know. in restrictor plate racing if you avoid the big crashes and are in the top 10-15 or even 20 in the last laps,it pretty much up for grabs.

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