Rookie Gets His Second Victory

Rookie Reed Sorenson took control with 33 laps to go and pulled away to win the NASCAR Busch Series Wallace Family Tribute 250 Saturday night at Madison, Ill.

Mike Wallace, one of three racing brothers from the St. Louis area, finished second at the 1.25-mile Gateway International Raceway oval.

Rusty Wallace, honored during his final year of racing before retiring, led for 17 laps in the middle of the 200-lap race before crashing on Lap 137 and finishing 37th, and Kenny Wallace was 24th.

Sorenson, 19, won his second Busch Series race after qualifying second behind Martin Truex Jr. earlier Saturday and starting on the outside of the first row.

Sorensen also won the Pepsi 300 on March 26 and is one of five drivers to win two or more races in the series this season, ranking him third in the point standings behind Truex and Clint Bowyer.

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Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher earned his first pole position of the season, clocking the fastest lap during qualifying for today’s Hungarian Grand Prix at Budapest.

It’s his 64th career pole position, but his first in 14 races. His previous pole came at last October’s Japanese Grand Prix.

Ferrari’s last pole was the final race of 2004, the Brazilian Grand Prix when Rubens Barrichello led.

Schumacher had the pole in the race before that and then was shut out in the first 12 races this season.

It is the first time since 1998 that Schumacher had gone so long without a pole position. His next one will tie him with Ayrton Senna for the Formula One all-time mark.

With track temperatures approaching 122 degrees, Schumacher clocked 1 minute 19.882 seconds on the twisting 2.722-mile Hungaroring circuit.

McLaren’s Juan Pablo Montoya was next at 1:20.779.

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Bryan Herta won his third pole of the Indy Racing League season in qualifying for today’s Firestone Indy 400 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn.

Herta had a fast lap of 219.141 mph in a Honda-powered Dallara on the wide, two-mile oval.

Tomas Scheckter will start second after qualifying at 219.100 in a Chevrolet-powered Dallara.

Buddy Rice (218.909) will start third and Scott Dixon (218.890) starts fourth.

Rookie Danica Patrick qualified eighth with a lap at 218.479.

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Sebastien Bourdais has the new and very difficult street circuit for today’s Champ Car World Series San Jose Grand Prix all figured out.

The reigning Champ Car World Series champion earned his third pole of the season with a lap averaging 96.101 mph on the temporary course in downtown San Jose.

That was just good enough to edge teammate Oriol Servia’s 95.991 and give the Newman/Haas Racing team a 1-2 start.