Patrick said winning a pole position in Kansas in 2005 was one of her top moments as an IndyCar driver.
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The U.S. still claims to have the fullest rack, with 8, 133 tons of gold buried somewhere in the national backyard, a pole position the U.S. has held since the end of the Second World War.
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Lorenzo's finish was impressive after he crashed on the warm-up and had a poor start from pole position.
For the first time since October 2006, neither a McLaren nor a Ferrari sits in pole position on the grid.
It is a very special moment first time you get the pole position or reach the podium in a hard fought race.
The world champion set pole position with a lap 0.641 seconds faster than second placed Mark Webber of Jaguar.
City, fourth in the table and in pole position for a Champions League place with five games left to play, host rivals Manchester United on Saturday.
Already she is the first female driver to win the pole position for a NASCAR Sprint Cup race, with a qualifying lap speed of 196.434 mph.
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This transition is not about how many electric cars an automaker has on the road (Nissan will likely hold the pole position for a while with its all-electric Leaf).
The result moves Kumar Sangakkara's men two points clear of Pakistan and New Zealand at the top of Group F and they remain in pole position for a semi-final spot.
Contepomi's injury-time drop-goal left Toulouse hanging on for a bonus point but Leinster were unable to score again and left the French club in pole position to win the group with a home game against Edinburgh to finish.
While winning the lower house would put Mr Bersani in pole position to form a government, no coalition will be able to rule effectively without control of the Senate.
After coming under pressure from McLaren's Lewis Hamilton at Turn One on the opening lap, Vettel produced a sublime performance to convert his pole position, while Alonso finished seventh and Webber eighth.
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More importantly in terms of the Premier League title race, it left United in pole position to claim a record-extending 20th English crown at the expense of their bitter rivals.
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The manner of Rossi's triumph was only overshadowed by the way he risked life and limb to usurp his young team-mate for pole position on Saturday on a saturated ice rink of a circuit that had already caused nine crashes.
Selection has greater importance with the London Games less than two years away with a good performance leaving the three women in pole position to gain the three places available in the Great Britain Olympic boxing team for 2012.
Add to that the fact that Internet companies with a lot more sex appeal than LinkedIn -- including Facebook, Groupon, Pandora, Yelp and Zynga (makers of FarmVille) -- are all likely to go public within the next year, and you have LinkedIn taking the pole position in what will be a tidal wave of social media companies entering the public markets.
Notably, a 17-year old fan snagged the pole position in line after waiting just 36 paltry hours, which still suggests that we Americans are more devoted (or delusional, depending on perspective) when it comes to camping out, but we don't even want to imagine the mayhem that would've ensued here if the first hundred buyers were eligible for a free display.
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Julian Simon of Aprilia claimed pole position in the 125cc category with a fastest lap of one minute 48.237 seconds.
With Group Four leaders Germany also winning on Wednesday evening, brushing aside Azerbaijan 4-0, it is they and Russia - a point behind the Germans on 21 - who are in pole position to reach the finals in South Africa.
Michael Schumacher starts from pole position in his Ferrari, an apparent return to form after a disappointing 2005.
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Montoya, who had started the race from pole position, told Coulthard that he spun because he had been suffering a lack of grip.
Alonso ended with the fastest time but was later handed a five-place grid penalty -- with eventual race winner Hamilton elevated to pole position.
Vettel had hoped his achievement in securing pole position in Saturday's rescheduled qualifying session would help his quest for a fourth successive title get off to the perfect start.
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Which meant that Alonso had his work cut out for him after a mediocre qualifying session put him ninth on the grid for the race with Vettel in pole position.
And seven-time champion Michael Schumacher fell foul of a rule that ensures drivers in the final session must complete every lap within 110% of pole position.
And Globalfoundries and its customers have the pole position in high mobility, offering an ultra-low power mobile SoC with a whole ecosystem around it rather than just a processor.
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So people in this state know that if either of their main regional parties sweeps this election - last time it was a DMK-led alliance, this time could be different - then it will be in pole position to help form the next Indian government in Delhi.
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