Sat Jun 14 18:49:13 2008

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Logano wins another pole

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Sparta, KY (Sports Network) - In just his third start, 18-year-old Joey Logano won his second pole of the year, capturing the top spot for tonight's Meijer 300 at the Kentucky Speedway. The No.20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota circled the 1.5-mile tri-oval in 30.759 seconds.

The pole victory was Logano's second consecutive pole win.

Starting alongside Logano will be Jason Keller who posted a time of 30.883 seconds.

Marcos Ambrose (30.883) and David Stremme (30.902) will make up row two.

While Clint Bowyer, starting 25th, has moved out to a commanding 166-point lead in the Nationwide Series standings, there are still four drivers with legitimate chances to make it a "race."

Three of the four are "Cup" drivers (David Reutimann, Kyle Busch and defending series champion Carl Edwards), but the fourth name on the list is a youngster worth watching.

His name is Brad Keselowski, a 24-year-old from Rochester Hills, MI. Keselowski signed with JR Motorsports's Nationwide Series team in 2007 and struggled for most of 2007.

Things have turned around for Keselowski in 2008. After another slow start (16th at Daytona and 32nd in California), Keselowski was leading the race in Las Vegas when a rare Mark Martin error knocked both he and Edwards out of the race.

After the run in Nevada, he finished sixth, fourth and fourth in the next three events. Last Saturday in Nashville, Keselowski was even better, collecting the first Nationwide Series win of his young career. He will start 13th.

The race is schedule to drop the green flag at 8:30 p.m. (et).