Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Earn Daytona 500 Front Row Start
February 6th, 2010 | 
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by Holly Cain
Filed under: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin, Chevrolet, Daytona Int’l Speedway
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It’s too early to be too excited Junior Nation, but a front row starting spot in the Daytona 500 could go a long way toward setting Dale Earnhardt Jr. back on the right course.
He’ll start alongside his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Mark Martin, who on Saturday won the pole position for the Feb. 14 Daytona 500. Martin’s No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet turned a lap of 191.188 mph around the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway — just edging Earnhardt’s lap of 190.913 mph in the No. 88 Amp Energy Chevrolet.
Martin’s lap is the fastest since Jeff Gordon posted a 195.067 mph speed in winning the 1999 Daytona 500 pole. Twelve drivers topped the 190-mph mark. Dale Jarrett’s 2000 pole-winning speed was the last time any driver had gone 190 mph in qualifying.
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