Motor Racing
From Staff and Wire Reports
Rick Mears broke his own Phoenix International Raceway qualifying record on the way to winning the pole position for today’s Valvoline 200. His fast lap of 168.334 m.p.h. broke the record of 168.169 that he set last April on the one-mile oval. Mears has won this race the past two years, and this is the fourth consecutive year he has won the pole.
Michael Andretti, who had a qualifying speed of 167.989 m.p.h., will start on the outside of the front row.
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