Day 1 in the books

17-year-old wunderkind Joey Logano put the finishing touches on Thursday at New Hampshire International Speedway by winning the pole for tommorrow's New England 125 for the Busch East Series.

Sean Caisse will start 2nd in a car owned by Andy Santerre, with Michael Waltrip Racing developmental driver Josh Wise 3rd.

Logano drives for Joe Gibbs Racing, and has already won 3 races this season -- 2 in the East Series and 1 in the West.

But it was Caisse who ripped off the best line of the day. He said his first experience with NHIS came as a 15-year-old, when he snuck into the track's infield. He was stopped by Cup driver Morgan Shepherd and asked, on the spot, if he had any experience spotting.

"I said, 'Yeah,'" Caisse lied. "But it was pretty easy, because he just rode around in last place all day."

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It was a long day for Andy Santerre Motorsports.

First, the No. 1 car of Jeffrey Earnhardt blew a motor in practice and didn't have it repaired in time to take a qualifying lap. He'll start 40th in the 43-car field Friday.

Then, the team worked hard throughout the day to try and remedy the No. 44 of Caisse. That car, which had wrecked at Iowa Speedway in May, was completely rebuilt but never as fast as the team had shown in a test session at NHIS prior to the Iowa race.