Edwards tops in qualifying at Watkins Glen
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08/07/2010 -
Watkins Glen, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carl Edwards claimed his first Sprint Cup
Series pole in two years by winning Saturday's qualifying for the Heluva
Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen at Watkins Glen International.
Edwards turned a lap of 124.432 m.p.h. around the 2.45-mile road course in
Upstate New York for his fifth career Sprint Cup pole, but his first since
August 2008 at Bristol (69 races ago).
"It feels good; I feel like I won the race just having that fast of a lap
here," Edwards said. "It will be different to start up front, and I think that
will be something good for us on Sunday."
Edwards qualified 0.35 seconds ahead of Jamie McMurray, who will start on the
outside pole.
"I really love road racing, and I feel like there's a lot of pressure on me
when I come here, because I always talk about going go-karting, and most of
the karters give me a hard time if I don't do well, so it makes me feel good
for the go-karters in America that I qualified well," McMurray said.
McMurray's Earnhardt Ganassi Racing teammate, Juan Pablo Montoya, took the
third starting spot, while A.J. Allmendinger and Kurt Busch rounded out the
top-five.
Tony Stewart, who leads all drivers with five wins at Watkins Glen, including
a victory here one year ago, qualified sixth
"It's going to be a lot better of starting spot than where we were last year,"
said Stewart, who won last year's race at Watkins Glen from the 13th starting
spot. "I'm pretty happy with it, and that will give us the starting spot that
we need."
Greg Biffle, who was fastest in both practices on Friday, qualified eighth,
followed by Jimmie Johnson, who won his first road course race earlier this
season at Sonoma, CA, and Kyle Busch, the 2008 race winner at Watkins Glen.
Kevin Harvick, the current points leader, will start 20th. Harvick holds a
189-point advantage over Jeff Gordon, who will roll off 16th.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., making his 500th career Cup start this weekend, qualified
40th.
J.J. Yeley, Dave Blaney and Tony Ave failed to qualify.
Sunday's 90-lap race at Watkins Glen is scheduled to start shortly after 1:00
p.m. (et).
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