Scott Speed, the throw away from the Formula 1 Series. Proves once again that F1 may have given up on him to soon and continues to impress the NASCAR fans with his talent.
Speed won the first pole of his NASCAR career, with a lap speed of 123.865. A couple of hours ago at Bristol Motor Speedway and qualified fastest for tonight's O'Reilly 200 Craftsman Truck Series race.
- B/R Ticket Guide
You have to be impressed, since it's his first race ever on a 1/2 mile oval or at Bristol. Speed's previous best qualifying effort was at Dover this year. Where he started fourth and won the AAA Insurance 200 for his first NASCAR Career win.
Speed beat out outside pole-sitter and teammate Johnny Benson by .016 seconds. Here's the Top Ten qualifiers:
3rd - Kyle Busch
4th - Todd Bodine
5th - Justin Marks
6th - Ron Hornaday
7th - Timothy Peters
8th - Dennis Setzer
9th - Jimmy Johnson
10th - T.J. Bell
-Patrick Carpentier who's making his CTS debut tonight starts 25th and Norm Benning was the only truck going home failing to qualify.
(Source:scenedaily.com)
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3 months ago
This freakin' kid is amazing.
Kyle Busch, David Ragan, Stephen Leicht, Joey Logano, Scott Speed, Landon Cassill, Brad Coleman, Cale Gale...on and on.
The future of NASCAR is sitting pretty.
The good ol' boys need to stepout of the way a.s.a.p.
3 months ago
He was a good driver but didnt really do much in F1, I didnt rate him ... I feel that while NASCAR and F1 may be similar in some sense they are way too far apart to be able to say that we threw him away too early ... Maybe NASCAR is just more suited to his driving style ?
from 2 months ago
Thanks for the comment appreciate it Ben. I was trying to use word play trying to make it seem like had F1 kept him given him more time. Maybe the success he's shown with zero experience in NASCAR, would have happened in F1.
from 2 months ago
Dunno Ben...maybe he wasn't happy in that part of the field...a McLaren probably would have suited him better...in his mind.
Red Bull kept him under contract though...he's fast, must be more his style back home.
2 months ago
SM, That Speed is on some "speed"! Good for him - looks like he fared good in the race as well. Good read.
from 2 months ago
Thanks, I couldn't believe Speed TV didn't fit the qualifing into their schedule and checked on scenedaily.com to see who won. I was proud to put it on B/R, before Krista Voda mentioned he won the pole.
2 months ago
Yeah, agreed that was totally lame of the Speed channel....don't get them on that at all. Scooping Krista Voda - love it!!
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