 Bayne claims Nationwide pole at ORP
2010-07-24 19:21:00
Clermont, IN (Sports Network) - Trevor Bayne won his second consecutive pole in the Nationwide Series by posting the fastest lap in Saturday's qualifying for the Kroger 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. Bayne turned a lap of 110.117 m.p.h. around the short 0.686-mile oval for his third career pole in the series. His first pole came one year ago at ORP.
Last Saturday at Gateway International Raceway, Bayne started on the pole and drove to a third-place finish in his No.99 Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing.
"This is such a great experience to be able to sit on the pole two weeks in a row," Bayne said.
Steve Wallace will start alongside Bayne on the front row after a qualifying lap of 109.497 m.p.h.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. qualified third, followed by Paul Menard and Kyle Busch.
Aric Almirola, Colin Braun, Brad Keselowski, the current points leader, Justin Allgaier and Matt DiBenedetto completed the top-10.
Carl Edwards, who won last year's race at ORP, qualified 13th. Edwards also won at Gateway after he nudged Keselowski from behind and spun him into the wall coming out of the final turn of the last lap.
Earlier this week, NASCAR penalized Edwards with a 60-point loss, fined him $25,000 and placed him on probation until December 31 for aggressive driving. NASCAR also placed Keselowski on probation for the remainder of the year for his actions on the track at Gateway.
All 43 drivers who attempted qualifying made the field.
The 200-lap race at ORP is scheduled to start around 8:00 p.m. (et).
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