Logano wins 1st pole of career at Bristol
March 19, 2010
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP)—Joey Logano has won his first career pole with the top qualifying lap at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Logano posted a lap at 124.630 mph to earn the first starting spot for Sunday’s race.
Kurt Busch has qualified second with a lap at 123.857. Dave Blaney qualified third at 123.849.
The top five was rounded out by four-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon.
Michael Waltrip entered the race for the first time since the season-opening Daytona 500 and made the race in a car owned by Prism Motorsports. Also making the race was Casey Mears and Terry Cook.
It will be Mears’ first start this season.