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BROOKLYN, Mich. cheap jerseys from china . -- The last time anyone was this fast in qualifying in NASCARs top series, Richard Petty was still driving. Hes an owner now, but when Marcos Ambrose won the Sprint Cup pole at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday for Richard Petty Motorsports, the Hall of Famer was on hand to put the accomplishment in perspective. Ambrose posted a speed of 203.241 mph, the first time since 1987 the 200 mph mark was broken during Sprint Cup qualifying. "I cant hardly remember that far back," Petty said. "To be able to do it on a flatter race track, not Daytona or Talladega, that is unheard of." Ambrose made his first Sprint Cup pole a memorable one on a day 19 drivers surpassed 200 mph on the newly paved surface at MIS. Speeds have been soaring since drivers began testing sessions, and NASCAR decided to alter the left-side tires for the race Sunday. The cars slowed down significantly at a practice session after the switch, but the change didnt affect qualifying. The last pole winner to break 200 mph in this series was Bill Elliott, a quarter-century ago at Talladega. Ambrose had the 11th-fastest pole-winning speed in series history. "Its going to sound great at the bar when you have had about six too many," Ambrose cracked. "It is good bragging rights, I will give it that." Ryan Newmans track qualifying record of 194.232 mph went by the wayside almost immediately. In fact, 40 drivers broke the mark, set in 2005. Petty won a pole at MIS in 1972 -- at 157.607 mph. "When they redid the track and came up here testing and said they were running over 200 mph it was blowing my mind," Petty said. "I think the last time we even flirted with that was when they redid Atlanta and we ran 198 or 199 mph. We knew it was going to be quick but I think it was a whole lot quicker than what we thought and definitely quicker than what Goodyear was thinking." Goodyear changed its tire recommendation Friday night, saying the high speeds caused increased left-side tire temperatures. Drivers were routinely exceeding 200 mph in practice, with Greg Biffle topping out with a lap of over 204 on Friday. On Saturday night, after the tire switch, the top speed at practice was 195.647, by Biffle. "The tire is very different. It hasnt got much grip," Ambrose said after the extra practice session. "I think we did enough stuff during practice to get a feel for what we need." Kevin Harvick was second in qualifying. Biffle was third. "I am extremely happy with where I qualified. I just go into turn one and bump Marcos out of the way," Biffle said. "No, I am extremely happy, I just dont know about this tire that we are going to." Carl Edwards had other problems besides the new tires. Hell start from the back after abandoning his qualifying run. "I think it is a fuel issue," Edwards said. "It almost feels like there is an air leak or something in the pickup for the fuel. It is running, but it acts like it is running out of fuel. I wanted to run this lap so badly. ... I wanted to be the fastest guy in NASCAR for the last 25 years." Points leader Matt Kenseth qualified sixth. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was 17th, and Kurt Busch was 26th in his return from a one-week suspension for verbally abusing a media member. Ambrose, the Australian who has one win in 133 Sprint Cup starts, entered the record books in his No. 9 Ford, but the biggest theme this week hasnt been the drivers, but rather the track itself. It was repaved in the off-season, and Ambrose joined Elliott, Benny Parsons and Cale Yarborough as the only drivers to win a pole at over 200 mph. How fast is too fast? Ambrose didnt seem to be worrying about it. "Were racecar drivers. Thats what we do," Ambrose said. 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It was only a year ago that the salary cap appeared to have killed the trade market. Impact players were available during the off-season, but there simply werent any teams willing or able to take on the contracts. That ceased being the case during an interesting few days at the NHL draft. With the 2011-12 salary cap getting bumped by another US$5 million -- bringing the floor up along with it -- the trade market came alive and saw players once thought to be unmovable getting shipped around. It could also have an affect on how free agency plays out this week. "Its an unusual landscape right now," Phoenix Coyotes GM Don Maloney said Saturday at Xcel Energy Center. "Quite frankly, Im not sure whats going to happen July 1. It might just go berserk and the people who have money just blow their brains out." The spenders this off-season arent only limited to the teams traditionally right at the top of the cap. Florida still needs to add in the neighbourhood of $25 million to reach the $48.3-million salary floor -- even after acquiring Brian Campbell and his $7.142-million annual salary from Chicago. Panthers GM Dale Tallon signed the defenceman to that massive contract while working for the Blackhawks and believes the addition will make his team better. Interestingly, he doesnt think that will be the case for all the moves hell have to make this summer. "The floor is going to get in the way of us trying to become a good team," said Tallon. "The focus is not the floor, the focus is to become a really good team as quickly as possible without jeopardizing our future. The floor is going to accidentally get in the way. "Thats the way Im looking at it -- Im not doing this (Campbell trade) to get to the floor, Im doing this to become a good team. Period." There are 18 teams currently sitting below the cap floor, according to capgeek.com, although a number of them will move above it once they sign the restricted free agents on their roster. Even still, there is clearly the need for some to take on payroll. Campbells deal still has five years remaining on it and would have been virtually untradeable prior to now. With the market shifting, could the likes of Wade Redden, Jeff Finger or Sheldon Souray find NHL homes after being buried in the minors? Its not unthinkable. After a couple seasons where trades seemed near impossible to make because of salary cap constraints, teams seem to be finding more common ground. Enough are looking to gain flexibility by unloading big-ticket assets (Calgary, Chicago) while others are more than willing to take on the talent. 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Two of the players dealt in recent days had to sign off on a trade that they didnt necessarily want to be part of. In Robyn Regehrs case, he originally declined a move from Calgary to Buffalo before reconsidering. He spoke with Sabres owner Terry Pegula and was convinced to waive his no-trade. Pegula even went so far as to personally visit Regehr in Prince Albert, Sask. The Flames were so desperate to gain flexibility that they were willing to part with a player who appeared in 827 games for them. "Its the toughest thing that you do," Calgary GM Jay Feaster said of asking Regehr to waive his no-trade clause. "I went through it in Tampa with Brad Richards and I mean there was a guy that won a Stanley Cup for us. When you have a warrior like Robyn is, a guy who has been there as long as hes been there and has done as much for the franchise as he has, thats a very very difficult phone call to make. "Its a difficult discussion to have." Its particularly tough when a player gave a hometown discount on his contract before finding out hed be spending some -- or all of it -- in a new home. That is arguably the case for Richards, Carter and Regehr. Some teams have found success in the salary cap era by getting their top players to take slightly less money, forcing everyone else to fall in line on an internal scale. The Vancouver Canucks are a good example of that with twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin leading the way at a reasonable cap hit of $6.1 million. It should result in more loyalty. "We feel that we have a covenant with these players in a sense that if theyre willing to take less money to play in our organization we agree that were going to keep them," said Canucks assistant GM Laurence Gilman. "Having said that, things change. Sometimes they change from the players perspective as well as the teams. "Coaches change, sometimes philosophys change and when a player and a team make a deal at one point in time it may be different two, three, four, five years later. Its a very fluid business." That seems true now more than ever. ' ' '
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