Talk:Jerry Hoyt
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[edit] "Slowest" Pole Sitter
Jerry Hoyt was 10th fastest qualifier in 1955 but started on the pole. That's the lowest on the speed chart using the "modern" qualifying rules. Here's a link:
Drivers from lower in the speed chart sat on the pole in the 'teens. But I'm pretty sure that starting positions were assigned by lot back then.
--Mycroft.Holmes 21:39, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
