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Jason White also led final practice at Daytona.White gets first pole in Truck opener at Daytona
By The Associated Press
February 11, 2010
09:41 PM EST
February 11, 2010
09:41 PM EST
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Jason White took the pole position for Friday night's Camping World Truck series race at Daytona International Speedway.
It's the first career pole for White, who turned in a speed of 177.525 mph Thursday. Sprint Cup series regular Elliott Sadler qualified second.
Austin Dillon, the grandson of NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, was third. Dillon is driving a black race truck bearing the No. 3, bringing one of NASCAR's most prominent numbers back to the sport's most storied track.
Cup Series regular Kyle Busch qualified 16th in his first outing for his own team.
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Notes-n-Nuggets
| • Jason White will start from the top 10 for seventh time in his career; he started eighth at Daytona last year. |
| • Jason White is the fourth driver to score their first career pole at Daytona: Colin Braun, 2009; Kerry Earnhardt, 2005; Mark Martin, 2006) |
| • This is the fifth pole for a Ford at Daytona. |
| • There have been 10 different pole winners in 11 races at Daytona; Joe Ruttman is the only repeat pole winner. |
| • Dennis Setzer, Rick Crawford and David Starr will have competed in all 11 races at Daytona |
| • Seven of the 10 races were won from a top-10 starting position. |
| • Three races were won from the pole at Daytona: Joe Ruttman, 2001; Mark Martin, 2006; Jack Sprague, 2007. |
| • The lowest starting position of a Daytona race winner is 36th -- Bobby Hamilton in 2005, a series record. |
| • Austin Dillon has started in the top 10 in all three series starts. This is his best career start. |
| • Two drivers will make their series debut: Nelson Piquet Jr. (22nd) and Justin Lofton (19th). |
| • The top 10 consisted of two Fords, six Chevrolets and two Toyotas. The fastest Dodge was Dennis Setzer (14th) |
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