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unusual facts about Pole Position



2010 Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500

In qualifying, Kyle Busch won the pole position, while Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Kurt Busch, and Denny Hamlin completed the top-five positions.

Kentucky 300

The first time that this race was run at Kentucky Speedway was in 2012, and it was won by the contender and winner of the NASCAR Rookie of the Year award, and pole winner, Austin Dillon.

Tell, Texas

Walt Faulkner, who in 1950 became the first rookie to win the pole position for the Indianapolis 500, was born in Tell and lived there for the first two-and-a-half years of his life.


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1947 Roussillon Grand Prix

After a pole position and with the fasted lap, Raymond Sommer was still leading the race, but 14 laps from the end he should retire.

1980 British Grand Prix

For the third consecutive race, a Ligier driver took pole position, Didier Pironi setting a time some 5.8 seconds faster than the pole time set by Ronnie Peterson at the previous Grand Prix at Brands Hatch two years before.

1988 Hungarian Grand Prix

All drivers bettered their Friday time in Saturdays qualifying session which saw McLaren's Ayrton Senna grab his 8th pole position of the season and 24th of his career which at the time made him third on the all-time list after Jim Clark and Juan Manuel Fangio.

1988 Tooheys 1000

Due to FISA regulations the Top 10 run-off was not for Pole Position in 1988, but only for AUD$40,000 in prizemoney.

1991 Winchester 400

Mike Eddy grabbed the pole position with a lap of 16.544 seconds (108.800 MPH) among the 33 competitors trying to make the starting field.

1992 British Grand Prix

Not only had Mansell scored a Grand Slam (led every lap from pole position and set fastest lap of the race), he had become the most successful British Formula One driver of all time, surpassing Jackie Stewart's 27 wins with his 28th win.

1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix

Qualifying saw Mika Häkkinen take pole position in the McLaren-Mercedes - the first-ever for the Finnish driver, the first for McLaren since the 1993 Australian Grand Prix, and the first for Mercedes (as an engine supplier or constructor) since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix.

2006 Monaco Grand Prix

Schumacher's actions in the qualifying session would serve as ammunition for Schumacher's critics to go along with his actions in the 1994 Australian Grand Prix and the 1997 European Grand Prix, although to this day Schumacher himself denies any of the allegations that he "parked" his Ferrari on purpose to block Fernando Alonso from taking pole position off him.

2010 FIA WTCC Race of Spain

Tarquini took pole position in qualifying for the first race on Sunday, beating the Chevrolet of Robert Huff.

2013 Toyota Racing Series

At Taupo, Lynn locked out pole position in both qualifying sessions; he set the fastest time by half a tenth ahead of Cassidy in the first session, whereas in the second session – to set the grid for the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy – Lynn's pole-setting margin was a far more comfortable three tenths of a second, ahead of championship leader Auer.

Addax Team

Having previously scored a meagre four points over more than two years of GP2, Cecotto made a breakthrough with Addax, winning the feature races at Monaco (from pole position) and Hockenheim.

Alexander Albon

On 2013 was assigned by the KTR to race on 2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Season alongside Yu Kanamaru,and Ignazio D'Agosto and finished 28th position with 1 Fastest Lap and 1 Pole Position with 22 overall points.

Aluizio Coelho

Em 97 era o companheiro de equipe de Dan Wheldon e conquistou em Silverstone uma vitória memorável com direito à pole-position e melhor volta.

BAR 01

However, despite the driving pedrigree of Villeneuve and Zonta, and the technical experience of Reynard Motorsports, the year was a disaster and a major disappointment for the team, especially after Adrian Reynard aimed to secure the pole position and race victory in its first race.

Costel Pantilimon

Initially Pantilimon was Timișoara's second-choice goalkeeper, behind Marius Popa; however, in May 2008 the owner of the club, Marian Iancu, transferred Popa to the second team, and Pantilimon took the pole position.

Datsun Bluebird 910

The Bluebird 910 become part of Australian motor sport history on September 29, 1984, when George Fury put his Nissan Bluebird Turbo (an imported version with a Nissan Z engine turbo motor and fabricated IRS) on pole position for the 1984 James Hardie 1000 touring car race with a time of 2:13.850.

Dave Newsham

He started on pole position for the reversed grid race at Snetterton but fell down the order to 8th at the end after taking wheel damage.

Elegant Machinery

Heavily influenced by acts like Yazoo, The Human League, Depeche Mode, Rational Youth and Robert Marlow, Richard Jomshof and Leslie Bayne started the band in 1988 under the name Pole Position.

Lotus 56

The remaining three cars with Graham Hill, Joe Leonard, and Art Pollard were entered for the race, with Leonard claiming pole position.

Lucas Foresti

Foresti finished third in the championship, achieving a single pole position and victory at Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura in Campo Grande.

Pepe Oriola

He left the first round in Italy in a three way tie for first place in the Yokohama Trophy with Stefano D'Aste and Alex MacDowall, having started from the class pole position in race one.

Rui Miguel Silva

In the International Finals held at Estoril, Rui claimed the third place after taking pole position and the fastest lap of the race but was eventually disqualified

Williams FW19

The Grove based team locked out the front row yet again in San Marino, and Villeneuve retained his 100% pole position record for 1997.