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When the green flag waves to start the Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, it won't be a Chase driver who leads the field to the start/finish line.
Touring the .526-mile short track in 18.954 seconds (99.905 mph) in his No. 1 Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, Jamie McMurray upstaged the championship contenders on Friday in winning the pole for the first race in the Eliminator Round of the Chase.
In claiming his second Coors Light pole award of the season, his second at Martinsville and the 11th of his career, McMurray beat title contenders Joey Logano (99.605 mph) and Matt Kenseth (99.318 mph) for the top spot.
"We tested here a couple of weeks ago, and I thought we had one of the best tests that I've been a part of, really since I started racing," McMurray said. "Really well organized... We made the car better throughout the test and hit on a couple things that really had a lot of speed in it.
"So I was pretty excited about getting here this weekend. Our cars have been so quick the past two or three months—really all year, but more so in the past few months. This is a great track for me, and we had a really good test. When things are going well, you get excited to come back to the track.
"It was really great that we were able to take that test and use that toward earning the pole today."
When the green flag waves to start the Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, it won't be a Chase driver who leads the field to the start/finish line.
Touring the .526-mile short track in 18.954 seconds (99.905 mph) in his No. 1 Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, Jamie McMurray upstaged the championship contenders on Friday in winning the pole for the first race in the Eliminator Round of the Chase.
In claiming his second Coors Light pole award of the season, his second at Martinsville and the 11th of his career, McMurray beat title contenders Joey Logano (99.605 mph) and Matt Kenseth (99.318 mph) for the top spot.
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| Jamie McMurray (Photo: Rainier Ehrhardt/NASCAR via Getty Images) |
"We tested here a couple of weeks ago, and I thought we had one of the best tests that I've been a part of, really since I started racing," McMurray said. "Really well organized... We made the car better throughout the test and hit on a couple things that really had a lot of speed in it.
"So I was pretty excited about getting here this weekend. Our cars have been so quick the past two or three months—really all year, but more so in the past few months. This is a great track for me, and we had a really good test. When things are going well, you get excited to come back to the track.
"It was really great that we were able to take that test and use that toward earning the pole today."