1The most favourable position at the start of a motor race.He won the pole position at Texas Motor Speedway in September of 2002 and finished a career-best third in that event....
He started the last two races from the pole position.
Rockenfeller responded with the fastest time in every practice session, the pole position and the race victory.
1.1A leading or dominant position:a company boasting the pole position in the communications business
Origin
1950s: from a 19th-century use of pole in horse racing, denoting the starting position next to the inside boundary fence.