On Track - Saturday Feb. 28th

Nationwide Series qualifying took place bright and early Las Vegas time. The first car hit the track for time trials at a little after 9 am.

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Scott Speed won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Sam's Town 300. His first Nationwide Series #1 start and in his 1st race @ Vegas with a lap of 29.597 seconds, 182.451 mph. Speed is the ninth driver to win a pole in his first Nationwide start. The last was Patrick Carpentier Aug. 4, 2007 at Circuit Gilles Villenueve in Montreal, Canada. Speed won a Camping World Truck Series pole last August at Bristol Motor Speedway. The top three qualifiers broke Brian Vickers’ existing one-lap record of 181.708 mph, 29.718 seconds set a year ago. Kevin Harvick (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2009 and his fifth in nine races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Greg Biffle (third) posted his fifth top-10 start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his third in three races this season. Justin Allgaier (11th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

According to the vegasinsider.com, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch have the best odds @ Vegas. 5/1

Jimmie Johnson was fastest in Happy Hour with a lap of 29.575 at 182.587. Jeff Gordon posted the 2nd fastest lap followed by Sam Hornish Jr., Kurt Busch and Mark Martin.

Jamie McMurray had the fastest Ford in the field. After practice, he filled everybody in on a little secret. He has the flu. McMurray went directly to the infield care center for different medication after practice had ended.