Keller Rolls to Bud Pole at Bristol!

August 21, 2003
4:14 PM EDT (2014 GMT)

BRISTOL, Tenn.—Jason Keller liked the view from the front row so much in the spring, he decided to do it again Thursday at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Only this time, instead of starting on the outside, Keller put his No. 57 Ford on the Bud Pole for Friday night's Food City 250 with a lap of 126.021 mph around the high-banked .533-mile.

Keller, who also started first at Texas Motor Speedway earlier this season, now has two career pole starts at Bristol and 11 overall.

He moved Kevin Harvick, the winner of the spring race, to the outside of the front row with his run.   The rest of the top five included Brian Vickers, Michael Waltrip and Tony Raines.

The NBS Food City 250 can be seen on TNT Fri. at 8 p.m.