JUPITER, Fla. - ARCA Racing Series rookie Casey Roderick turned the fastest lap during Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell, earning the pole position for Saturday's Tire Kingdom 150 presented by ModSpace at Palm Beach International Raceway (PBIR) in a Bill Elliott-owned Dodge.
Roderick, the 17-year-old Bill Elliott Racing Development Driver from Lawrenceville, GA, toured the 2.034-mile, 11-turn PBIR road course at a speed of 93.325 mph, earning his first career Menards Pole award in only his second ARCA Racing Series start.
"It was good...faster than I expected," commented Roderick, who also qualified third last fall at Rockingham.
Roderick's time of 78.037 seconds was .315 seconds better than his practice speed, which paced the three hour session earlier in the day.
"It sort of surprised me, to turn a quick lap like that after we were as fast as we were in practice," Roderick concluded.
It was also Roderick's first attempt on a road course.
Justin Marks, one of the more experienced road course racers entered, qualified second with a top speed of 92.798 mph. Marks, driving the Construct Corps Dodge out of the Win-Tron Development shop, turned just two laps in the "group qualifying" format.
"It was a good lap," Marks stated. "Not the lap we had hoped for, though. Casey's lap was so good, we knew we couldn't get the pole, so laying down one good lap was good enough for us. We earned some qualifying points for the big picture."
Blake Koch, the Palm Beach, FL local favorite, was forced to the rear of the qualifying session after his ESR Team found problems with the #6 Tire Kingdom Toyota during and after practice. Koch jumped to third in the qualifying results with a speed of 92.773.
"We made some big swings with the car...the crew made some major changes after practice," commented Koch. "It says a lot about this Eddie Sharp Tire Kingdom team, to come back from the challenges we had in practice."
Tom Hessert qualified fourth in the Cherry Hill Classic Cars Dodge at 92.732 mph, getting bumped off the podium by Koch's late effort.
Mikey Kile (92.319 mph), in the fastest of four Venturini Motorsports entries, rounded out the top five in qualifying.
The Tire Kingdom 150, presented by ModSpace is scheduled to take the green flag at 1:00 pm Eastern Time on Saturday.
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2010 ARCA Racing Series by RE/MAX and Menards Event #2 |
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Palm Beach Int'l Raceway, Jupiter FL, 2-27-10 |
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Tire Kingdom 150 presented by ModSpace |
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POS |
NO |
DRIVER/HOMETOWN |
TEAM & CAR |
TIME |
SPEED |
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1 |
51 |
Casey Roderick/Lawrenceville GA |
Monolith Hospitality Dodge |
78.037 |
93.325 |
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2 |
32 |
Justin Marks/Rocklin CA |
Construct Corps Dodge |
78.480 |
92.798 |
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3 |
6 |
Blake Koch/W. Palm Beach FL |
Tire Kingdom Toyota |
78.501 |
92.773 |
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4 |
77 |
Tom Hessert/Cherry Hill NJ |
Cherry Hill Classic Cars Dodge |
78.536 |
92.732 |
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5 |
25 |
Mikey Kile/Westlake LA |
Renton Coil Spring-Venturini Motorsports Toyota |
78.887 |
92.319 |
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6 |
36 |
Robb Brent/Shelby Township MI |
Orchard Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep Dodge |
79.025 |
92.158 |
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7 |
55 |
Steve Arpin/Fort Frances Ontario |
Taylor Chassis Toyota |
79.036 |
92.145 |
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8 |
31 |
Tim George Jr./New York NY |
University of Miami-Buoniconti Fund Chevrolet |
79.173 |
91.986 |
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9 |
16 |
Joey Coulter/Miami Springs FL |
RipIt-Darrell Gwynn Foundation-Tempest Cycles Chevy |
79.804 |
91.259 |
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10 |
81 |
Craig Goess/Greenville NC |
Greenville Toyota of NC Toyota |
79.815 |
91.246 |
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11 |
02 |
Josh Williams/Port Charlotte FL |
Southwest Florida Cable Construction Ford |
79.852 |
91.204 |
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12 |
60 |
Patrick Sheltra/Indiantown FL |
Recycling Services-Sheltra & Son Construction Chevy |
80.145 |
90.870 |
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13 |
44 |
Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN |
Ansell-Menards Ford |
80.475 |
90.498 |
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14 |
22 |
Dakoda Armstrong/New Castle IN |
Cunningham Motorsports Dodge |
80.535 |
90.430 |
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15 |
1 |
Nick Igdalsky/Long Pond PA |
ModSpace Ford |
81.345 |
89.530 |
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16 |
11 |
Bryan Silas/Stuart FL |
Rockingham Speedway-PBG Ford |
81.749 |
89.087 |
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17 |
59 |
Hal Martin/Galliano LA |
Abundant Energy Dodge |
81.857 |
88.970 |
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18 |
23 |
Jeff Buice/Charlotte NC |
Shaver Motorsports Chevrolet |
81.976 |
88.841 |
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19 |
15 |
Alli Owens/Daytona Beach FL |
ElectrifyingCareers.com Chevrolet |
82.013 |
88.801 |
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20 |
14 |
Chase Mattioli/Long Pond PA |
Big Machine Records-Big Green Egg Ford |
82.020 |
88.793 |
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21 |
80 |
Tim Cowen/Perrysville OH |
Cowen Truck Line Ford |
82.479 |
88.299 |
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22 |
09 |
Spencer Maggard/Atlanta GA |
SPS Ford |
83.252 |
87.479 |
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23 |
28 |
Dr. Ed Bull/Chapin SC |
Back In Shape Ford |
84.526 |
86.160 |
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24 |
35 |
Tom Berte/West Allis WI |
CGS Premier-Stay Tuned Customs Chevrolet |
84.826 |
85.856 |
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25 |
68 |
Larry Meadors/Louisville KY |
Will Kimmel Racing Ford |
85.732 |
84.948 |
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26 |
48 |
Andrew Belmont/Mooresville NC |
Radon.com Ford |
87.313 |
83.410 |
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27 |
29 |
Ron Cox/Soddy Daisy TN |
Hixson Construction Chevrolet |
89.790 |
81.109 |
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28 |
34 |
Darrell Basham/Henryville IN |
Anti-Monkey Butt Powder Chevrolet |
89.803 |
81.098 |
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29 |
10 |
Marc Easton/Lake Saranac NY |
Fast Track 11 Degreaser Dodge |
94.382 |
77.163 |
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30 |
26 |
Brad Smith/Shelby Township MI |
ApplianceZone.com Ford |
99.805 |
72.970 |
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31 |
18 |
James Hylton/Inman SC |
Rockingham Speedway-PBG Ford |
101.104 |
72.033 |
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32 |
06 |
Wayne Peterson/Pulaski TN |
Wayne Peterson Racing Ford |
Provisional |
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33 |
0 |
Rob Jones/Bowie MD |
Wayne Peterson Racing Ford |
Provisional |
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34 |
17 |
Billy Leslie/Algonac MI |
Russ Roulo Racing Ford |
Provisional |
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