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Originally Posted by ronmil
The old rule made for some interesting scenarios. I remember being at the track for pole day in 1969 and it rained virtually the entire day. Jigger Sirois did go out and make a run, but his crew felt he was too slow, and waved it off. As it turned out, he would have been the only qualifier and would have started on the pole, with what would have most likely been the slowest speed in the field.
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As it turned out, poor Jigger never made the field. Rookie Bruce Walkup brought up the rear with a time of 163.9.