Qualifying Friday for the Cleanevent 100 IRL Menards Infiniti Pro Series event on the 1.33-mile Nashville Superspeedway:

Thiago Medeiros took a large step July 16 in securing his IRL-record fourth consecutive victory.

Medeiros won the pole for the July 17 Cleanevent 100 with a fast lap of 182.386 mph on the 1.33-mile Nashville Superspeedway. He is attempting to break the record of three victories in a row, set by Mark Taylor in the Menards Infiniti Pro Series™ in 2003 and Kenny Brack in the IRL IndyCar® Series in 1998.

In Medeiros’ three victories -- Phoenix 100 on March 20, the Futaba Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 22 and the Aventis Racing for Kids 100 at Kansas Speedway on July 3 – he started on the pole each time.

 

Nashville Superspeedway * Lebanon, Tennessee * Race Date July 17, 2004

POS  CAR  DRIVER              CHASSIS-ENGINE        SPEED    

 1    11 Thiago Medeiros      Dallara-Infiniti 182.386 mph
 2    91 Paul Dana            Dallara-Infiniti 181.179 mph
 3    33 Leonardo Maia        Dallara-Infiniti 178.801 mph
 4    10 Rolando Quintanilla  Dallara-Infiniti 177.625 mph
 5     3 Jesse Mason          Dallara-Infiniti 176.652 mph
 6     5 Arie Luyendyk Jr.    Dallara-Infiniti 176.451 mph
 7    22 Ross Fonferko        Dallara-Infiniti 175.998 mph
 8     2 Al Unser             Dallara-Infiniti 175.662 mph 
 9    64 Brad Pollard         Dallara-Infiniti 174.982 mph
10    76 PJ Chesson           Dallara-Infiniti 174.617
11    24 Billy Roe            Dallara-Infiniti no speed