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Jamie Mcmurray Tops Ambrose to Win Sonoma Pole SONOMA, Calif SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2013 | THE FREDERICK NEWS-POST | C-5 SPORTS ALL-AREA GIRLS TENNIS Co-Player of the Year Co-Player of the Year BRIDGETT BLOWE TINA NEGOESCU FREDERICK Sophomore FREDERICK Junior ■ After a fantastic freshman season that saw ■ A tall and athletic player, she returned to ten- her lose her only match in the state tournament, nis this season after taking several years off to she successfully defended her county champi- concentrate on basketball. She previously played onship and returned to the state tournament. tennis in Romania. ■ A remarkably consistent player who doesn’t ■ She finished the season 23-2 and won the beat herself, she finished with a 23-2 record. regional championship to earn a spot in the Suffered her first lost of the season in the state tournament. Lost her first match of the regional championship match against teammate season in the county final to teammate Bridgett Tina Negoescu. Blowe, whom she beat a week later in the regional final. FIRST TEAM LEAH ALLNUTT LAURA GEARY ANDREA GOUGH ANDREA HUSTON JULIA REIFMAN MEGAN ROBERTSON JUNIOR SENIOR SENIOR SOPHOMORE SENIOR JUNIOR WALKERSVILLE WALKERSVILLE WALKERSVILLE LINGANORE LINGANORE MIDDLETOWN ■ In her first season of playing ■ Reached the Frederick County ■ Teamed with Grace Stankus to ■ Won the Frederick County and ■ Won the Frederick County and ■ Reached the state quarterfinals in singles, reached the semifinals of tournament semifinals for the reach the championship match in regional doubles championship regional doubles championship mixed doubles with partner Taiki the Frederick County tournament. third straight season before fin- doubles for both Frederick County with partner Julia Reifman without with partner Andrea Huston without Haugen after winning the Frederick ishing third. Also reached the and the region. dropping a set. dropping a set. County and regional tournaments in regional semifinals. the event. GRACE STANKUS SENIOR HONORABLE WALKERSVILLE MENTION ■ Teamed with Andrea Gough to Brunswick—Kelsey Brewster, Candace Dorsey, Alex Eckenrode, Emily reach the championship match in Gutierrez doubles for both Frederick County Catoctin—Ally Delauter, Bridey Puvel, Whitney Wenmoth and the region. Linganore—Kate Arnone, Amanda Guardia, Sara Kubik, Courtney Shrid- er Frederick—Claire Donnelly Middletown—Marissa Gouker, Savannah Ivill, Katie Malagari Oakdale—Harriet Collins, Leah Chomiak, Carolyn Pascal, Michelle Rizk Tuscarora—Courtney Keirn, Amina Mazhar Urbana—Jennifer Shenk, Jhanavi Sivakumar, Meg Stuart Jamie McMurray tops Ambrose to win Sonoma pole SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — As supposed to be easier on the driv- the qualifying format as he waited Jamie McMurray turned a corner NASCAR-Sprint Cup-Toyota/Save Mart 350 Lineup ers because we were supposed to for his turn to run. on the season with a string of After Saturday qualifying; race Sunday 21. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 93.58; 22. (51) get a couple of laps, but my crew “It was cool how people would At Sonoma Raceway Jacques Villeneuve, Chevrolet, 93.554; 23. (34) solid finishes, he picked Sonoma Sonoma, Calif. David Ragan, Ford, 93.535; 24. (32) Boris Said, chief went ahead and taped the bump each other off,” he said. Raceway as an upcoming track he Lap length: 1.99 miles Ford, 93.474; 25. (33) Ron Fellows, Chevrolet, grille off and said that we’d just When he went out in the final (Car number in parentheses) 93.464. was looking forward to racing. 1. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 94.986 mph; 26. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 93.42; get one lap, so I was really happy group, he was smooth and steady It seemed like a strange selec- 2. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 94.924; 3. (99) Carl 27. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 93.301; 28. (30) with the lap,” Edwards said. “I in his Chip Ganassi Racing Edwards, Ford, 94.779; 4. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, David Stremme, Toyota, 93.258; 29. (38) David tion considering McMurray has 94.772; 5. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 94.737. Gilliland, Ford, 93.246; 30. (39) Ryan Newman, made a couple of little mistakes. I Chevrolet and didn’t push too just one top-10 finish at Sonoma in 6. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 94.623; 7. (78) Chevrolet, 93.187. think I could have done better, hard. Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 94.574; 8. (22) Joey 31. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 93.133; 10 career starts. Logano, Ford, 94.527; 9. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 32. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 93.038; 33. (93) but, still, it’s the best position I’ve “I was like, ‘I’m just going to go 94.346; 10. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 94.334. Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 92.835; 34. (55) Jason But he showed his comfort 11. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 94.251; 12. Bowles, Toyota, 92.769; 35. (35) Josh Wise, had starting here and to be any- out and take what this car will level on the 1.99-mile road course (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 94.215; 13. (42) Ford, 92.75. where near Marcos Ambrose in give me and not push it to the very Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 94.215; 14. (56) 36. (7) Justin Marks, Chevrolet, 92.606; 37. (17) Saturday with a surprise pole-win- Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 94.016; 15. (5) Kasey Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, owner points; 38. (83) qualifying at a road race is an edge,”’ he said. “I drove at about ning run. He topped Marcos Kahne, Chevrolet, 93.768. David Reutimann, Toyota, owner points; 39. (19) honor for me.” 95 percent.” 16. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 93.691; 17. Alex Kennedy, Toyota, owner points; 40. (52) Ambrose, a race favorite, with a (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 93.69; 18. (2) Brad Paulie Harraka, Ford, owner points. Defending race winner Clint McMurray teammate Juan lap at 94.986 mph. Keselowski, Ford, 93.684; 19. (48) Jimmie John- 41. (87) Tomy Drissi, Toyota, owner points; 42. Bowyer qualified fifth and was fol- Pablo Montoya qualified 13th. son, Chevrolet, 93.683; 20. (47) Bobby Labonte, (36) Victor Gonzalez Jr., Chevrolet, owner points; “I felt like I’ve always raced Toyota, 93.668. 43. (37) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 89.39. lowed by Matt Kenseth, Kurt Jacques Villeneuve, in the really well here,” McMurray said Busch and Joey Logano. Kyle Phoenix Racing entry Kurt Busch of choosing Sonoma as a place he Ambrose made a second attempt an engine problem spoiled what Busch was ninth, and Jeff Gordon drove to a third-place finish last thought he could win this year. to grab it back but came up just he thought would be a pole-win- rounded out the top 10. year, qualified 22nd. “For me, the last restarts have short. ning run for Sunday’s race. NASCAR had previously used “It just wasn’t quick enough,” really got me. When you have a “The motor quit running com- “I pretty much lost my mind group qualifying only in the he said. “We improved the car restart at this track, guys go from ing to the green flag, so I lost all of there and was really mad and just Nationwide Series but tried it Sat- overnight and I was discovering it top-five to 30th in about 20 sec- my momentum coming to the had to get my composure back to urday instead of traditional single- and I just didn’t drive aggressive onds. It can be a track that if you green flag,” Ambrose said. “I finish the lap off,” he said. “It was car runs. The drivers were split enough on the first lap, so there have a caution at the end, you can thought about just bailing out of good enough for the front row, so into eight groups of five or six cars was still a little bit of time, but at lose a lot.” that lap and trying to roll around I’m proud of that but disappointed based on practice speeds from Fri- least my car was a lot better.” It was McMurray’s ninth career for a second lap, but I wasn’t sure obviously that we didn’t get the day, and NASCAR sent them onto Danica Patrick, who has strug- Sprint Cup pole, but first of the about engine temperatures and pole position.” the track five seconds apart. gled to find speed all weekend and year. He also won the pole at Sono- the tires go away so fast. I didn’t Carl Edwards qualified third The drivers had five minutes to was expected to be strong Sunday, ma in 2007. know if I had already stressed and was followed by teammate post a fast lap. qualified a disappointing 31st. Ambrose wound up second them out and if I could have made Greg Biffle as Ford drivers took It was immediately interesting “We picked up from practice. It with a lap at 94.924 in NASCAR’s up time, so I just went for it.” three of the first four spots. as Victor Cruz Jr., driving for was loose, especially in the faster first use of the group qualifying It’s not the first engine issue Although it was Edwards’ best Tommy Baldwin Racing, ran off part of the course,” Patrick said. format. Both Ambrose and Ambrose has had at Sonoma: He qualifying effort at Sonoma, he course and into a barrier to stop “But we improved from yesterday McMurray were together in the was dominating the race in 2010 had thought the new format the first group’s session. and the GoDaddy guys have final group, and Ambrose initially and leading under caution when meant he’d get more laps in and “Rookie mistake,” he said. worked really hard this weekend.
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