NNS: Wallace Scores Dover Pole

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NNS: Wallace Scores Dover Pole

Darrell Wallace Jr. will start up front for Saturday's Dover race...

Mike Hembree | Posted September 29, 2012 Dover, DE

Darrell Wallace Jr. is a part-time Nationwide Series driver for Joe Gibbs Racing. (Photo: Getty Images)

African-American driver Darrell Wallace Jr. notched a big plus on his career belt Saturday by winning the pole for Saturday afternoon’s OneMain Financial 200 Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway.

Wallace, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, had a fast lap of 155.905 miles per hour to outrun Justin Allgaier for the first starting spot. It is Wallace’s first pole in four Nationwide events. He is 18 years old.

Following in the top five were Joey Logano, Elliott Sadler and Kasey Kahne.

In the second five were Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Kyle Busch, Ryan Blaney, Austin Dillon and Paul Menard.

Sadler leads the series points by four over Stenhouse, the defending champion. Dillon is third, 19 points behind.

Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEED.com and has been covering motorsports for 30 years. He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.

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