Rookie Takes The Pole At Loudon
Here’s another example of just how “out of it” I must be this season. I forgot Patrick Carpentier was driving the #10. Well, I didn’t forget, I think I just didn’t pay attention. I always associate the #10 with Scott Riggs. Sorry.
When rain interrupted Friday’s qualifying at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for 1 hour and 45 minutes, Reed Sorenson was on the provisional pole 24 cars into the session.
By the time qualifying was over, after 21 more cars had taken time trials on a cooler racetrack, Sorenson was a sixth-place memory, and another Dodge driver, rookie Patrick Carpentier, had claimed the top-starting spot for Sunday’s Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at the Magic Mile.
That’s one thing I don’t like about qualifying. When qualifying is split up because of rain, or whatever, track conditions change, and one of the groups end up gaining a massive benefit because of it. I know it can’t be done because we don’t live in a perfect world, but I would like to see everyone qualify under the same conditions. If weather delays it, then those who went before should be allowed to re-qualify, if they want. No more champions provisionals, none of that. Everyone enters the race the same way, every time. Now that would be fair, but we all know that NASCAR != fair.
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