Travis Pastrana’s first
visit to Talladega Superspeedway is off to a flying start.
The former X-Games star won
the pole for Saturday afternoon’s Aaron’s 312 NASCAR Nationwide Series race, turning
the 2.5-mile tri-oval in 54.255 seconds, at a speed of 176.500 mph. It was Pastrana’s
first pole in his 17th career Nationwide start, besting the fourth-place effort
he recorded in the season-opener at Daytona International Speedway in February.
Amazingly, Patrana’s pole
run was the first ever for Roush Fenway Racing in Talladega Nationwide Series competition
and their 94th overall.
Austin Dillon qualified second,
followed by Trevor Bayne, Danica Patrick and Justin Allgaier. Sam Hornish, Jr.,
Elliott Sadler, Brian Scott, Kurt Busch and John Wes Townley completed the
Top-10, but Townley’s time was subsequently disallowed when his car was found
to be too low in post-qualifying inspection. Tim Andrews will now make the race.
Unofficial Time Trial
Results:
Pos # Driver
1
60 Travis Pastrana
2
3 Austin Dillon
3
6 Trevor Bayne
4
34 Danica Patrick
5
31 Justin Allgaier
6
12 Sam Hornish Jr.
7
11 Elliott Sadler
8
2 Brian Scott
9
1 Kurt Busch
10
25 John Wes Townley
11
54 Joey Coulter
12
5 Kasey Kahne
13
22 Joey Logano
14
10 Jeff Green
15
99 Alex Bowman
16
43 Reed Sorenson
17
30 Nelson Piquet Jr.
18
33 Ty Dillon
19
77 Parker Kligerman
20
32 Kyle Larson
21
7 Regan Smith
22
20 Brian Vickers
23
4 Landon Cassill
24
14 Eric McClure
25
19 Mike Bliss
26
70 Johanna Long
27
85 Bobby Gerhart
28
79 Jeffrey Earnhardt
29
74 Mike Harmon
30
55 Jamie Dick
31
87 Joe Nemechek
32
24 Jason White
33
44 Hal Martin
34
23 Robert Richardson Jr.
35
00 Blake Koch
36
89 Morgan Shepherd
37
52 Donnie Neuenberger
38
51 Jeremy Clements
39
92 Tim Andrews
40
01 Mike Wallace
41
40 Josh Wise
42
15 Stanton Barrett
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