Friday, February 17, 2006

JJ Yeley wins Daytona Busch Series pole

The trend in the NASCAR Busch Series these days is to take young Nextel Cup drivers and run them full time in the Busch Series to get them seat time. JJ Yeley is a Nextel Cup rookie and protege of Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Tony Stewart. Yeley won the pole for the Hershey's Kissables 300 in the #18 Vigoro/Home Depot Chevy. The big surprise in the front row is Aaron Fike in the #43 Cay Clubs Dodge. Fike wasn't even in the top 30 in points last year. Of interst to Canadian fans is that Paul Tracy is running is first NASCAR race in the #34 Sport Clips Chevy. He will start 37th. The #34 finished in the top 30 in owners points last year so Tracy was locked in. He will run five races for this team and Todd Bodine will drive the car for the remainder of the schedule. The Hershey's Kissable 300 will run tomorrow afternoon.

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