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Originally Posted by The Champ
When Wanica was interviewed prerace, she said she was planning to RACE hard and gain more experience in the new car. She didn't need to drive hard to win the race - but she should have at least driven hard enough to stay in the draft. If she wasn't going to stay in the draft, she should have just parked the car after the first lap.
You can't learn anything just driving around making laps that far off the pace.
[quoteI tried to find a stat but couldn't. In the modern era how many Pole winners have actually won a 125 race? Or been in the top ten?
Seems like a lot of them dropped way back in the duals.
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FWIW - it's a 150 mile race now...
Without knowing for sure what you consider the "modern era" - I'll just list all of the drivers that started on the pole and won the race - there aren't all that many...
The first pole winner to win the 500 was Fireball Roberts in a Pontiac in 1962.
Richard Petty did it in a Plymouth in 1966.
Cale Yarborough in a Mercury in 1968 and in a Chevrolet in 1984.
Bill Elliot in a Ford in 1985 and 1987.
Jeff Gordon in a Chevrolet in 1999.
Dale Jarrett in a Ford in 2000.
In 2004, Greg Biffle won the pole but changed an engine. Dale Jr. then started from the pole and won the race in a Chevrolet.
One thing to note - rookie pole winner best finish is 22nd (Loy Allen jr.)...[/QUOTE]
Well said about wanica, also whatever happend to Loy Allen Jr
