Gordon breaks four-year record at Michigan
Five Winston Cup drivers broke the lap record in qualifying for the Kmart 400 tomorrow
Jeff Gordon, Ernie Irvan, Mark Martin, Ken Schrader and Bill Elliott all beat Gordon's four-year old track record on Friday afternoon.
Gordon's hot lap was definitely that - hot. He toured the two-mile speedway in 36.514 seconds, at an average speed of 186.945 mph, to top the track record he set on June 16, 1995 of 186.611 mph (38.583 seconds).
Gordon took his turn near the mid-way point of first round qualifying in which 46 drivers made an attempt to capture one of the top-25 spots, which were filled today.
'The car got off of Turns three and four just awesome,' said Gordon who took his secon series career pole at the 30-year old speedway.
Irvan will start on the outside of Gordon after his best 1999 season qualifying effort. His lap at 186.712 mph (38.562 seconds) was just .03 second faster than Martin, moving the Roush Racing Ford to the second row.
Ken Schrader and Bill Elliott, with an even closer margin of just .001 second separating them, round out the top-five.
Dale Jarrett, Sterling Marlin, Ward Burton, Joe Nemechek and Steve Park fill positions six through 10.
Bud second-round qualifying will take place on Saturday prior to the start of the ARCA event.
Qualifying results for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Kmart 400, Michigan Speedway:
|
Ps.No. |
Driver |
Lap Time M.P.H. |
|
1 24 |
Jeff Gordon |
0:38.514R186.945 |
|
2 36 |
Ernie Irvan |
0:38.562 186.712 |
|
3 6 |
Mark Martin |
0:38.592 186.567 |
|
4 33 |
Ken Schrader |
0:38.595 186.553 |
|
5 94 |
Bill Elliott |
0:38.597 186.543 |
|
6 88 |
Dale Jarrett |
0:38.673 186.176 |
|
7 40 |
Sterling Marlin |
0:38.676 186.162 |
|
8 22 |
Ward Burton |
0:38.683 186.128 |
|
9 42 |
Joe Nemechek |
0:38.692 186.085 |
|
10 1 |
Steve Park |
0:38.709 186.003 |
|
11 23 |
Wally Dallenbach Jr |
0:38.736 185.874 |
|
12 28 |
Kenny Irwin |
0:38.740 185.854 |
|
13 2 |
Rusty Wallace |
0:38.742 185.845 |
|
14 99 |
Jeff Burton |
0:38.745 185.830 |
|
15 3 |
Dale Earnhardt |
0:38.765 185.735 |
|
16 7 |
Michael Waltrip |
0:38.787 185.629 |
|
17 12 |
Jeremy Mayfield |
0:38.800 185.567 |
|
18 18 |
Bobby Labonte |
0:38.836 185.395 |
|
19 55 |
Kenny Wallace |
0:38.839 185.381 |
|
20 9 |
Jerry Nadeau |
0:38.840 185.376 |
|
21 93 |
Dave Blaney |
0:38.850 185.328 |
|
22 77 |
Robert Pressley |
0:38.860 185.280 |
|
23 60 |
Geoffrey Bodine |
0:38.886 185.157 |
|
24 43 |
John Andretti |
0:38.945 184.876 |
|
25 66 |
Darrell Waltrip |
0:38.950 184.852 |
|
26 26 |
Johnny Benson Jr |
0:38.952 184.843 |
|
27 30 |
Derrike Cope |
0:38.991 184.658 |
|
28 20 |
*Tony Stewart |
0:39.009 184.573 |
|
29 23 |
Jimmy Spencer |
0:39.022 184.511 |
|
30 98 |
Rick Mast |
0:39.055 184.355 |
|
31 16 |
Kevin Lepage |
0:39.058 184.341 |
|
32 75 |
Ted Musgrave |
0:39.068 184.294 |
|
33 31 |
Mike Skinner |
0:39.097 184.157 |
|
34 97 |
Chad Little |
0:39.160 183.861 |
|
35 10 |
Ricky Rudd |
0:39.184 183.748 |
|
36 21 |
*Elliott Sadler |
0:39.241 183.482 |
|
37 41 |
David Green |
0:39.253 183.425 |
|
38 5 |
Terry Labonte |
0:39.266 183.365 |
|
39 45 |
Rich Bickle |
0:39.344 183.001 |
|
40 00 |
*Buckshot Jones |
0:39.413 182.681 |
|
41 71 |
Dave Marcis |
0:39.491 182.320 |
|
42 44 |
Kyle Petty |
0:39.596 181.837 |
|
43 11 |
Brett Bodine |
0:39.710 181.315 |
|
44 58 |
Ricky Craven |
0:39.736 181.196 |
|
45 4 |
Bobby Hamilton |
0:39.921 180.356 |
|
46 90 |
Hut Stricklin |
0:40.365 178.372 |
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