Saturday, July 25, 2009

Mark Martin on pole for Brickyard's Allstate 400

From USA Today: INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Motor Speedway is celebrating its centennial this year, so it's fitting the pole-sitter for its NASCAR race Sunday is a man who can appreciate getting better with age. "I like making history," Mark Martin said with a smile. "That's cool."

Martin, 50, did just that Saturday, capturing the pole position for the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard with a 182.054-mph lap that punctuated a Sprint Cup time trials session offering a bevy of storylines saturated with historical significance.

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