For the first time in his Nextel Cup career, J.J. Yeley will start on the pole position in Sunday's Citizen's Bank 400 at Michigan International Speedway. The front row start is his first since starting 2nd last season in Texas.He's understandably thrilled:
"It feels really good. We had an excellent car all through practice. It's all about not overdriving the car, not overstepping that boundary."I am not.
I'll give the team a big "BRAVO!" after he paces the race without "overdriving the car" at the drop of the green flag and taking out half the field.
The jury is still out on how far he has come since last year at Michigan when he went through three race cars:
Meanwhile, Yeley's Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Tony Stewart will start 41st, tying his career-worst starting position of 41st last achieved at the 2001 Harrah's 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Is it girl trouble? Suffering a breakup and the girlfriend putting diesel in the suburban can be distracting. Incidentally, I'm not sure in which order these events occurred.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. I agree, nothing personal, but he has no business being in a Nextel Cup car that is championship caliber team. This is the guy that i hope loses his job to Greg Biffle, and even though i cant believe i say this, id rather see Kyle Busch in this car over Yeley, at least it'll have talent behind the wheel, it hasnt had that since Bobby Labonte was driving it!
Posted at 1:50AM on Jun 16th 2007 by CJ