Chevrolet’s Jimmie Johnson narrowly missed earning his second pole of the season, but placed his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS on the outside front row for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Camping World RV Sales 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion was just six one thousandths of a second shy of winning the pole with his fast lap of 27642 seconds, 137.790 mph.
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - Did you know your qualifying lap was good? “No, I didn’t. I gave it everything I had. I thought I was a little too tight, but I guess I was driving through it enough that I still got some good speed and got the throttle down on both ends."
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – QUALIFIED 2ND - YOU MISSED THE POLE BY JUST A COUPLE THOUSANDTHS OF A SECOND: “It’s so tough to get a good lap around here. The first outing put up a decent time fastest of the day for ourselves still knew that we had to go faster and to come out for the second session on older tires and improve by over two tenths is something to be proud of. "
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 AutoTrader.com Ford Fusion (Qualified 6th) “We will take it. I kind of feel like I hurt our team a little when I messed up my first qualifying run locking up the left front into three and I went way up the race track and had to make the second run. I don’t think the third run was any better with tires."
Scott McLaughlin had a great time in the first practice Friday for the inaugural Java House Grand Prix of Arlington, and his pleasure didn’t come just from the fast digits next to his name on the results sheet.
Scott McLaughlin, in the No. 3 DEX Team Penske Chevrolet, was the quickest of the drivers sporting a Bowtie during the first practice of the inaugural Java House Grand Prix of Arlington.
Max Taylor was the star student in the opening practice for the Grand Prix of Arlington, leading the field by more than a second Friday as 24 drivers in the INDYCAR development series learned the new circuit at this inaugural event.
Larson who fended off a young racer in the making and Hendrick Motorsports developmental Corey Day in the waning laps of the 25-lap feature by 0.096 seconds.
NHRA is celebrating at tracks across the country, including one of its most historic venues and races during the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at the famed In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip on April 9-12.
