Almirola surprise winner of Busch pole

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02/16/2007 - Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - In 2006 Aric Almirola won a pole as a substitute for Denny Hamlin. Hamlin drove the car in the race to a second- place finish. This time the 22-year-old Almirola will get to drive the car from the pole himself. He captured the pole for Saturday's Orbitz 300 Busch Series season opener at the Daytona International Speedway. The No.18 Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet driver circled the 2.5-mile oval in 48.982 seconds (183.741 m.p.h.).

The pole victory was Almirola's first of the season and second of his Busch career.

"This means a lot of all the guys back at the shop," said Almirola. "They prepared an awesome race car. I'm thankful for the opportunity they gave me."

Starting alongside Almirola will be Jason Leffler in the No.38 Toyota who posted a second-best time of 49.023 seconds.

Jon Wood (49.038) and 2005 Busch Series champion Martin Truex Jr. (49.068) will start in row two.

In 2006, there was only one story in NASCAR's Busch Series - Kevin Harvick. Harvick led the series in wins (9), top-5s (23), top-10s (32) and money earned ($1,345,380). He beat second-place Carl Edwards by a record 824 points. Harvick will begin 31st in 43-car field.

Two interesting names also in the field include: 2006 IndyCar Series champion Sam Hornish Jr (27th) and former Formula One star Juan Montoya (16th).

Last year's season opener was won by Tony Stewart. Stewart will once again be in the field, but will have to come from 40th if he is to repeat.

The race is scheduled to drop the green flag on Saturday at 1:15 p.m. (et).

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