Wreck costs Stewart Pocono pole

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/racing/08/01/stewart.pocono.ap/index.html

LONG POND, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Tony Stewart lost his pole position and will start from the back of the pack after wrecking his car during practice for the Pennsylvania 500 on Saturday.

Stewart lost control of his No. 14 Chevrolet on a turn on the second lap of Saturday's first practice and spun into the wall. He was unhurt in the crash.

His Stewart-Haas Racing crew quickly got to work on the backup. Stewart leads the points standings and was the pole sitter at Pocono because rain washed out Friday's qualifying.

"I just screwed up," Stewart said. "I got in too deep and got loose and couldn't save it."

The same scenario happened to Stewart in June's race at Pocono when he took the pole after a rainout and wrecked in practice. Then he went out and won on Sunday in his backup from the rear of the field.

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It will be interesting to see how Tony fares tomorrow.