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He never cared to fly, and never had in his young 98 years of life, but this past week was different for Henry Jakes of Murfreesboro, Tenn. He was going to meet "The King" Richard Petty thanks to an offer from the Petty Family Foundation.

Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion, hit the wall during qualifying yesterday, but his crew repaired the right-rear of the car and he was eighth in the first practice session. Ford Racing caught up with Edwards to talk about his Fusion for tomorrow's race and preparations his team is making for the Chase.

#8 Gary McLean has been a roll lately and will be looking to add another feature to the win column. #88r Tommy Robb started his OSCAAR Modified career with a top finish last year at Peterborough. Currently 3rd in points Tommy will be looking for his first feature win. Max Beyore was out practicing Thursday night trying to get a little advantage to pick up his second win of the year.

Our team headed out early Sunday morning for the three hour trek north to Sauble Speedway. It was a good day, a little overcast, but no rain in sight. However, the weather man was calling for rain around 5 to 6 pm. The race was scheduled to start at 2pm and everyone hoped we would get the show in for the fans, and of course the family of Rick Woolner.

Earlier this week, Sebastien Bourdais said winning the first race of the July 20 doubleheader on the streets of Toronto jump-started "building something for next year."

A member of the Verizon IndyCar Series community is the co-host of "Garage Squad," a new car-oriented series that debuts tonight at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on Velocity.

Kyle Larson, the talented 22-year-old from Elk Grove, California, won the Coors Light Pole at Pocono Raceway on Friday, becoming the first graduate of the NASCAR Drive for Diversity (D4D) initiative to win a pole in the sanctioning body’s top level. He will start first in Sunday’s GoBowling.com 400 (1 p.m. ET on ESPN, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Alliance Truck Parts Ford Fusion – “Third is a respectable effort. You certainly always want the pole, but we can be proud of where we’re at. I had to make a second run there in the second session, which probably took us away from having a legitimate shot to run with Kyle. He put up a heck of a lap and so did my teammate, Joey Logano, but it was a strong effort. Like I said, we can win from third and we’re happy with that so we’ll move on.”

Kyle Larson captured his first NASCAR Sprint Cup career pole position with a track record lap of 183.438-mph/49.063 seconds in his No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS for Sunday’s GoBowling.com 400 at Pocono raceway. The Rookie-of-the-Year contender bested the previous record of 181.415 mph/49.610 seconds around the 2.5-mile track set by Denny Hamlin in June 2014.

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M's Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 7th - How was qualifying? "It was fine. I'm just glad we made it through all three sessions and got a good lap in there at the end. It felt like I should've been better but that's all it was."