Pierce on the Pole, Kaeding Outside

Pierce on the Pole, Kaeding Outside
Homestead, Fla. – Aaron Pierce took the pole today at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Pierce turned a time of 30.855 at 173.262mph. Bud Karding was not that far behind on the time charts at 30.860. The pair of veterans will head the front row of the first Silver Crown race on a 1.5 mile oval. In the post qualifying news conference Kaeding said he almost caught Pierce’s time except for a little bobble between turns 3 and 4. BK said his team found their front row speed on the final practice session of the day. Aaron Pierce stated that he had the hammer down as far as it would go. The pair were quite faster than the rest of the field and Pierce said he expects to be in traffic early. PJ Jones timed in third at 31.421 at 170.141mph.

Silver Crown Qualifying Results
1. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-30.855
2. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK/Leffler-30.860
3. P.J. Jones, 98, Classic Speed-31.421
4. Pete Shepherd III, 99, Edwards/RE-31.429
5. Wayne Reutimann Jr., 00, Reutimann-31.490
6. Pablo Donoso, 2, Racing Team-31.715
7. Brian Tyler, 21, Team Six-R-31.838
8. Dave Steele, 1, Steenbergen/Team Six-R-31.942
9. Tim Barber, 28, Pierson-31.983
10. Rich Tobias Jr., 17, RW-32.433
11. Greg Furlong, 41, Paternoster-32.829
12. Bryn Gohn, 8, Stauffer/Adams-34.157
13. Rodney Weesner, 96, Weesner-34.541