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NNS: Menard Wins Texas Pole
Paul Menard, Denny Hamlin and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. qualify 1-2-3 for TMS race...
Mike Hembree  |  Posted April 13, 2012   Fort Worth, TX
Paul Menard will start from the pole for tonight's O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. (Photo: Getty Images)
Paul Menard scored the fifth Nationwide Series pole of his career Friday afternoon, leading time trials for Friday night’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Menard, driving a Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, turned a lap at 181.714 miles per hour to lead the qualifying session.

Following in the top five were Denny Hamlin, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Austin Dillon and Elliott Sadler.

The pole is Menard’s first at TMS.

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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