Who won the pole position yesterday at Pocono Raceway?”
Tony Stewart was joking with reporters at Pocono Raceway yesterday morning when he was alerted to the darkening skies over the 2.5-mile speedway. “It would be nice to get on the race track today and get our [morning] practice session in,” Stewart said with a smile, “but I’m OK if qualifying gets rained out.” The Sprint Cup Series leader got his wish when a torrential downpour washed away the afternoon’s on-track activity. By virtue of his spot atop the standings, Stewart will start on the pole for tomorrow’s Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500. Stewart also was awarded the pole because of rain here in June, but a crash in the Saturday practice forced him to start from the back of the field in his backup No. 14 Chevrolet. That setback merely set the stage for Stewart’s dynamic charge from worst to first to take the win that Sunday.
Rain puts Stewart on Pocono pole – again For the second time in as many events at Pocono Raceway, Tony Stewart was awarded the pole for a Sprint Cup race after a rain-out precluded qualifying for a fifth time this season.. In the face of persistent precipitation on Friday, NASCAR officials cancelled qualifying for Sunday’s Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at the 2.5-mile triangular track, with the top 35 positions go to the top 35 cars in owner points, giving Stewart the pole and first choice of pit stalls. Jimmie Johnson, second in the Cup standings, will start beside Stewart on the outside of the front row, while Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne, Mark Martin and Juan Pablo Montoya will starting fourth through tenth respectively. Though starting up front certainly is an advantage, Stewart proved on 7 June that it’s not a necessity. Though he was awarded the pole because of a rain-out on that occasion, he started at the rear of the field af
