Feb
24
California Speedway Qualifying
February 24, 2007 | Posted by VroomDude
(Man, far too much work and busyness this week. Many apologies for the lack of VroomTalk this week).
So Jeff Gordon grabbed the pole at Fontana, who seems happy to leave restrictor plate racing behind for awhile:
“It feels good to me just to get out from restrictor plate racing and have a car that has downforce and be able to drive it through the corners and work with the teams on the handling.'’
Kasey Kahne was second to Gordon, with Mark Martin, Kevin Harvick, and Junior rounding out the top 5.
As far as the latest in the As Toyota Turns soap opera developments, Brian Vickers managed to snag Team Red Bull its first start in Cup racing by qualifying 15th, and Dave Blaney and David Reutimann also drove their way into the race Sunday. Dale Jarrett made the show as well, but only because of his past champion’s provisional. Michael Waltrip will be watching this one from the sidelines, and was ironically knocked out of a qualifying spot by his teammate Reutimann.