By NASCAR.com Rookie Patrick Carpentier grabbed his first Sprint Cup pole Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.The Canadian driver , whose last pole came in a Champ Car in 2004 on the road course in Laguna Seca, Calif., was among the drivers who had to wait out a nearly two-hour rain delay before getting a shot at qualifying for Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 301."It's amazing,'' said Carpentier, who took his first pole on an oval track with a fast lap was 129.776 mph. "The car was great. We made a couple of changes from this morning and the car just rotated beautifully through the middle of the corner. It was just stuck on the track. I'm real happy."Honestly, if I had won the first pole on a road course I wouldn't be as happy,'' he added. "I want to do well on the ovals because that is where they do most the racing in this series.''More details to come on this Sprint Cup qualifying session , on Auto123.com .
NASCAR: Carpentier on pole in New Hampshire!