Michael McDowell nets pole at World Wide Technology Raceway

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MADISON, Ill. -- It was with an obvious sense of pride that Michael McDowell reveled in his pole-winning run on Saturday at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.

McDowell claimed his third Busch Light Pole Award of the season -- and of his career. This one, however, came at a quirky flat track, not a superspeedway, where the driver of the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford, a