Grand Am: Fogarty takes pole in Montreal; Edwards 8th
Published 9:54 pm Friday, August 28, 2009
MONTREAL — Jon Fogarty has won his third straight Grand-Am Rolex pole at the Montreal 200.
Fogarty turned a lap of 105.734 mph at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Friday.
It was the fourth pole of the season and 12th of his career for Fogarty, who co-drives the No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Pontiac Riley with Alex Gurney. Scott Pruett will join Fogarty on the front row after a lap of 105.721 mph in the No. 01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley co-driven by Memo Rojas.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Carl Edwards, who will share the No. 77 Aflec/iRacing.com Ford Dallara with fellow Cup driver Marcos Ambrose, qualified eighth.
Pruett and Rojas lead Fogarty and Gurney 248-244 in the standings going into Saturday’s race, the 10th in 12 stops.
