1) Daytona 500 Coors Light Pole Qualifying * Qualifying will consist of three rounds with the first round divided into two groups based on a random draw. Vehicles drawing an odd number will be in the first group with even numbers in the second group. The first round is five minutes, and the 24 fastest cars advance to the second round. Following a 10-minute break, the second round will be five minutes with the fastest 12 advancing to the third and final round. A seven-minute break will precede the third round, which will last five minutes. The top two cars will make up the front row for the Daytona 500.
Daytona 500 Starting Lineup P Driver Explained 1 Jeff Gordon Top two qualifiers of Coors Light Pole Qualifying 2 Jimmie Johnson Top two qualifiers of Coors Light Pole Qualifying 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Top 15 from Duel races 4 Kyle Busch Top 15 from Duel races 5 Joey Logano Top 15 from Duel races 6 Carl Edwards Top 15 from Duel races 7 Tony Stewart Top 15 from Duel races 8 Greg Biffle Top 15 from Duel races 9 Clint Bowyer Top 15 from Duel races 10 Martin Truex Jr. Top 15 from Duel races 11 Kevin Harvick Top 15 from Duel races 12 Ryan Blaney Top 15 from Duel races 13 Kasey Kahne Top 15 from Duel races 14 Reed Sorenson Top 15 from Duel races 15 Jamie McMurray Top 15 from Duel races 16 Mike Wallace Top 15 from Duel races 17 Landon Cassill Top 15 from Duel races 18 Justin Allgaier Top 15 from Duel races 19 Cole Whitt Top 15 from Duel races 20 Danica Patrick Top 15 from Duel races 21 Paul Menard Top 15 from Duel races 22 Ryan Newman Top 15 from Duel races 23 Michael McDowell Top 15 from Duel races 24 Kurt Busch Top 15 from Duel races 25 JJ Yeley Top 15 from Duel races 26 David Gilliland Top 15 from Duel races 27 Michael Annett Top 15 from Duel races 28 David Ragan Top 15 from Duel races 29 Kyle Larson Top 15 from Duel races 30 Austin Dillon Top 15 from Duel races 31 Ty Dillon Top 15 from Duel races 32 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Top 15 from Duel races 33 Aric Almirola Four fastest qualifiers from any round 34 Michael Waltrip Four fastest qualifiers from any round 35 Matt Kenseth Four fastest qualifiers from any round 36 Johnny Sauter Four fastest qualifiers from any round 37 Denny Hamlin 2014 owner points 38 Brad Keselowski 2014 owner points 39 Trevor Bayne 2014 owner points 40 AJ Allmendinger 2014 owner points 41 Sam Hornish Jr. 2014 owner points 42 Casey Mears 2014 owner points 43 Bobby Labonte Past champion Provisional Did Not Qualify #7-Todd Bowman #26-Jeb Burton #29-Justin Marks #30-Ron Hornaday #62-Brian Scott #98-Josh Wise
Ugh Dale Jr definItely had the best car. He made a bad decision with like 20 to go that probably cost him the race.