Local favorite Jacques Villeneuve earned the pole position for the NAPA Auto Parts 200 on Friday. He will have some familiar company in the front row, too. Villeneuve used his last lap in the last six-car qualifying group to post the best time of 1 minute, 41.8 seconds in qualifying for Saturday's Nationwide race. He edged Penske Dodge teammate and fellow Canadian Alex Tagliani, whose best time was 1:41.935. The 40-year-old Villeneuve is driving the No. 22 Dodge that Kurt Busch used to win last week at Watkins Glen. He said he feels he has the best cars on the track for the first time since he edged Michael Schumacher for the 1997 Formula One title during his time with Williams Renault. "We knew we had prepared the car and we'd be up there fighting," he said. "We're still at the Elkhart Lake setup (in June), so you can just relax and concentrate on driving the car well instead of finding gremlins in the car or trying to invent a new setup overnight." Read more: http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/na...e-jacques-villeneuve-montreal-nationwide-pole
