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Mark Martin (right) made history Saturday by becoming the oldest pole winner for the Daytona 500. He will be joined on the front row by teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr.
| Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt Jr. to start Daytona 500 on front row
By Al Pearce | 02/06/10, 6:13 pm et
Chevrolet drivers Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. gave Hendrick Motorsports a 1-2 sweep in Saturday afternoon qualifying for next weekend's Daytona 500. CBS will televise NASCAR's season-opening Sprint Cup Series race live at 1 p.m. Eastern on Feb. 14
The pole was the 49th of Martin's career, his second at Daytona International Speedway and his first in the 500, making him the sport's oldest (at 51-plus) Daytona 500 pole-winner.
“I wanted to set records for the youngest of all those things,” Martin said with a laugh. “But I'd rather be the oldest winner than never have a 500 pole. This isn't an accomplishment of mine, it's an accomplishment of all the guys on this team.”
Saturday's lengthy single-car qualifying session did little to set the ... |
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