PORTLAND, Ore. (July 26, 2008) After missing the opening two rounds of the season, Andrew Caddell, of Graham, Wash., proved he hasnt lost an ounce of speed since 2007 by putting his car on pole for Round Three of the SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup at Portland International Raceway, part of the Mazda Grand Prix of Portland. Teammate Brad Rampelberg, of San Jose, Calif., will start alongside.He may have been absent for the first two MX-5 Cup races this year, but Caddell showed he still has what it takes to win in the highly competitive spec series, taking his third-career MX-5 Cup pole at his home track.We were way loose, but I think that helps here, because if you push you cant get off the corners well, Caddell said. So it was a little loose, but I got a good tow from Brad down the back straightaway and toward the finish line. I didnt think it would be good enough for pole though.Caddell stopped the clocks with a 1:27.566 (81.278 mph) in the No. 30 Hooverspeed Victory Lane Data MX-5. The 20-year-olds pole time is now the new MX-5 Cup qualifying lap record at PIR, where there was a slight change to the course configuration, which extended the track length slightly, from 1.967 to 1.977 miles.It feels good to give Hooverspeed the pole and get them a one-two in qualifying, Caddell added. I feel bad we werent able to get Brad the pole, because that would have helped him out in the Championship. The Hooverspeed team worked really hard last night to get this car here. Brad and I are going to try and formulate something to get away from the field tomorrow. Weve got two of the best cars out here, so well see what happens.Driving the No. 14 Hooverspeed/Mazda/Patron Tequila MX-5, Rampelberg entered a fast lap of 1:27.597 (81.249 mph) to put himself a career-high second on the grid.Christian Franck, of Simi Valley, Calif., will start his No. 16 Alara Racing/Select Painting MX-5 from third. The 17 year-olds best qualifying lap was 1:27.753 (81.105 mph).Ryan Schimsk, of Austin, Texas, turned a lap of 1:27.879 (80.988 mph) in the No. 81 Team MER/Airco Mechanical MX-5, good enough for fourth.Ara Malkhassian, of Sonoma, Calif., will take up his best grid position of the season thus far, fifth, in the No. 11 Alara Racing MX-5. Malkhassian turned a lap of 1:28.041 (80.839 mph) in the 30-minute qualifying session.Robert Michaelian will start sixth ahead of Todd Buras and Steve Welk.Portland driver and polesitter for last years race, Brad McAllister, will start ninth. Current point leader Eric Foss completes the top ten.In the battle of the writers, Fast Guys, Rich Guys and Idiots author Sam Moses, of Hood River, Ore., out-qualified The Art of Racing in the Rain author Garth Stein, of Seattle, Wash. Moses will start the race 22nd, while Stein qualified 24th.Round Three of the SCCA Pro Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup will go green at 12:30 p.m. (PDT) on Sunday. Live timing and lap notes are available at www.mx-5cup.com. The race will air the week of August 18 on DIRECTV, Dish Network and regional cable networks. PORTLAND, Ore. - Starting lineup for Sunday's SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup Round Three race, part of the Mazda Grand Prix of Portland at Portland International Raceway, with position, car number in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, fastest lap time, and speed in miles per hour.1, (30), Andrew Caddell, Graham, Wash., MX-5, 1:27.566, 81.278.2, (14), Brad Rampelberg, San Jose, Calif., MX-5, 1:27.597, 81.249.3, (16), Christian Franck, Simi Valley, Calif., MX-5, 1:27.753, 81.105.4, (81), Ryan Schimsk, Austin, Texas, MX-5, 1:27.879, 80.988.5, (11), Ara Malkhassian, Sonoma, Calif., MX-5, 1:28.041, 80.839.6, (19), Robert Michaelian, Seal Beach, Calif., MX-5, 1:28.107, 80.779.7, (56), Todd Buras, Melbourne, Fla., MX-5, 1:28.110, 80.776.8, (57), Steve Welk, Franklin, Wis., MX-5, 1:28.111, 80.775.9, (39), Brad McAllister, Portland, Ore., MX-5, 1:28.160, 80.730.10, (28), Eric Foss, Fort Worth, Texas, MX-5, 1:28.215, 80.680.11, (70), Elivan Goulart, Shelton, Conn., MX-5, 1:28.319, 80.585.12, (33), Neal Sapp, Chadds Ford, Pa., MX-5, 1:28.427, 80.486.13, (27), Robert Huffmaster, Clarkston, Mich., MX-5, 1:28.588, 80.340.14, (23), Deborah Loth, Fort Worth, Texas, MX-5, 1:29.073, 79.903.15, (00), Harrison Williams, Houston, Texas, MX-5, 1:29.559, 79.469.16, (26), Tim Probert, Houston, Texas, MX-5, 1:29.562, 79.466.17, (12), Alison Malkhassian, Sonoma, Calif., MX-5, 1:29.572, 79.457.18, (8), Carlos Tesler-Mabe, Vancouver, British Columbia, MX-5, 1:29.805, 79.251.19, (21), Randy Hale_III, Haddam, Conn., MX-5, 1:29.860, 79.203.20, (22), Laura Olson, Costa Mesa, Calif., MX-5, 1:30.221, 78.886.21, (18), Kerstin Smutny, Bothell, Wash., MX-5, 1:30.251, 78.860.22, (29), Sam Moses, Hood River, Ore., MX-5, 1:30.398, 78.731.23, (44), Steve Bottom, Newport Beach, Calif., MX-5, 1:30.575, 78.578.24, (32), Garth Stein, Seattle, Wash., MX-5, 1:31.771, 77.554.25, (24), Forest Barber, Fort Worth, Texas, MX-5, no time.26, (54), Brad Adams, New Orleans, La., MX-5, no time.-30-
