| 2007 Daytona 500: David Gilliland takes Pole Position |
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| Written by Steven Hastings | |||||||
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Sunday, 11 February 2007
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 David Gilliland ran the #38 Ford at 186.320 mph to earn the No. 1 starting spot in biggest race on the NASCAR circuit. Gilliland won the pole at Talladega in the final restrictor-plate race of 2006 and was driving extremely fast in early practices at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday.Gilliland said, "Every time we've gone out, we've gotten faster and faster and faster and I think that's just a tribute to the Yates organization." This will be the first time Gilliland will drive in the Daytona 500. Only Lee Petty, the winner of the first Daytona 500 in 1959, won the event in his first try. Gilliland is jointed by fellow Robert Yates Racing teammate Ricky Rudd on the front row. Rudd was just 2/10th's behind for second place in the Daytona 500 pole position. 1 38 David Gilliland 2 88 Ricky Rudd 3 40 David Stremme 4 42 Juan Montoya 5 6 David Ragan 6 160 Boris Said 7 24 Jeff Gordon 8 14 Sterling Marlin 9 70 Johnny Sauter 10 48 Jimmie Johnson 11 17 Matt Kenseth 12 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet 13 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 14 11 Denny Hamlin 15 0 David Reutimann 16 36 Jeremy Mayfield 17 18 J.J. Yeley 18 23 Mike Skinner 19 20 Tony Stewart 20 19 Elliott Sadler 21 26 Jamie McMurray 22 1 Martin Truex Jr. 23 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 24 43 Bobby Labonte 25 55 Michael Waltrip 26 139 Regan Smith 27 66 Jeff Green 28 9 Kasey Kahne 29 12 Ryan Newman 30 16 Greg Biffle 31 29 Kevin Harvick 32 4 Ward Burton 33 15 Paul Menard 34 45 Kyle Petty Dodge 35 1 Mark Martin 36 96 Tony Raines 37 2 Kurt Busch 38 7 Robby Gordon 39 22 Dave Blaney 40 84 A.J. Allmendinger 41 7 Clint Bowyer 42 34 Kevin Lepage 43 37 Bill Elliott 44 41 Reed Sorenson 45 83 Brian Vickers 46 78 Kenny Wallace 47 13 Joe Nemechek 48 21 Ken Schrader 49 10 Scott Riggs 50 44 Dale Jarrett 51 99 Carl Edwards 52 31 Jeff Burton 53 171 Frank Kimmel 54 49 Mike Bliss 55 104 Eric McClure 56 130 Stanton Barrett 57 27 Kirk Shelmerdine 58 72 Brandon Whitt 59 74 Derrike Cope 60 158 James Hylton 61 109 Mike Wallace                        |
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