Earnhardt Jr. captures Busch pole at Richmond

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RICHMOND, Va. -- From music videos to awards shows, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is no stranger to successful cameo appearances. And he chalked up another one Thursday at Richmond International Raceway.

Earnhardt Jr., making his third NASCAR Busch Series start of the season, debuted his self-owned Chevrolet in record fashion, shattering the track record and earning the Bud Pole for Friday's Funai 250.

Junior rounded the three-quarter mile circuit in 21.282-seconds at 126.868 mph, some two-tenths of a second quicker than Matt Kenseth's former record set in May 2001.

Series points leader Greg Biffle will start alongside Earnhardt in second, marking the third time in the past five weeks he'll take the green flag from a front row starting spot.

Biffle, who leads the series in both poles (4) and wins (tied with Jason Keller at 4), stands 78 points ahead of Keller heading into Friday night's event. Keller will roll off fifth, just behind last week's winner at Darlington, Jeff Burton, and third-place qualifier Kevin Lepage.

Jeff Green, last year's Bud Pole winner in this event, qualified sixth, followed by Casey Mears, Stacy Compton, Kerry Earnhardt and Shane Hmiel.

For complete results:

http://www.racingone.com/qualifying.asp?raceid=871
 
Gol dern buschwacker.

Of course then again maybe his brother will get on his bumper and learn something.
 
Jr. always seems to run well at Richmond whether it's a Busch car or a Cup car he's got that place figured out. Maybe he'll give ya a good run on Saturday Abooja. He's due.
 
Originally posted by 71Fan
Gol dern buschwacker.

Of course then again maybe his brother will get on his bumper and learn something.
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More than likely he will be in the wall.
 
Hate to have to agree with you 66, but I do. Ive said it before, Kerry just isnt fit for a stock car or at least at this level. He needed some more time outside of the bigger leagues to develope his skill and talent. But hey ya never know...
 
Hmm, got Jr on my fantasy team and wasn't going to start him. Now I'm thinking twice. What's his Monte Carlo Loony Toon character anyway. (As you can see I've gotten my fantasy selection process down to a science :) )
 
Originally posted by 66mustang
More than likely he will be in the wall.
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Why is everyone so negative about Kerry? He could get lucky and actually place good.......heck we'd all fall off our computer chairs it he won it!!:D

Anyone think Jr would bump Kerry out of turn four on the final lap if Kerry was running first and Jr second? :booya:

I do!!:D
 
Originally posted by HappyHour
Hmm, got Jr on my fantasy team and wasn't going to start him.  Now I'm thinking twice.  What's his Monte Carlo Loony Toon character anyway.  (As you can see I've gotten my fantasy selection process down to a science :)  )
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Hmm, it just occurred to me that Junior's Looney Tunes paint scheme is only for the Busch race. (What was I thinking??) It's got a whole bunch of characters, including Taz, Bugs, Road Runner, Sylvester & Tweety. Looks really cute. Here's one photo, plus a link to more. :)

http://jayski.thatsracin.com/schemes/2002looney.htm
 
TRL is one happy lady tonight.:) I heard Bud didn't want a Loony Toon paint job on the cup car. They do the baseball all-star because they sponser it too.
His Busch car looks better than I thought it would. I saw a pic of it a few weeks ago, but it was a sketch.
 
Thanks abooja and Tab! Under the lights, it's good to know the special schemes before you go.

I can't wait!! But am a little apprehensive due to the track surface probs and all...

Hope everyone has a safe race! :)
 
Thanks for the info and pics.

TRL must be thrilled, and I hope she actually got to see it happen.

One thing I can't fathom tho, is "in the wall" comments about any driver. We've lost too many drivers to the wall.
 
Originally posted by kat2220
Thanks for the info and pics.

TRL must be thrilled, and I hope she actually got to see it happen.

One thing I can't fathom tho, is "in the wall" comments about any driver. We've lost too many drivers to the wall.
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I just re-read all the posts to this thread and I didn't see any comments wishing anyone into the wall. All I saw was mustang making the opinion that Kerry (I assume he was referring to Kerry) would probably hit the wall and Awesome Bill agreeing. I took both statements to mean that with Kerry's record of crashing a lot (much more than I would, personally like to see), that it is at least likely he will hit the wall at some point in the race. The wall is part of racing especially on short tracks.....if we can't talk about the wall then some of the fun is taken away. I'm not talking about the tracks where cars are approaching 200 mph, I'm talking about the one milers and less......it's racing and the wall is another obstacle to be dealt with. I certainly don't ever want to see any driver hurt in any type of wreck and I'm sure mustang and Awesome feel the same.

Besides, it's a short track and there are at least three "feuds" in progress where I'm interested in who just might be punted. I'm not wishing any harm when I say "Will Ward boot Jr?" or "Wonder if JJ will get Robby!!" and of course "Will Kurt and Jimmy give us another episode of 'toss em to the wall'". Without wanting to offend you, I'm going to watch and wait.......and maybe (probably) make comments about it too. If it were Talladega, Daytona, Michigan or even California it would be another story......but this is short track and it's part of the fun. I'm not saying something dreadful couldn't happen, but there are hundreds of wall incidents every year and only a handful (it that much) that someone gets enjured.

JMO.
 
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