NASCAR: Daytona qualifying canceled due to weather; Larson on Pole
Friday’s qualifying sessions at Daytona International Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series were canceled due to inclement weather. The fields for both series were set in accordance with the NASCAR Rule Book.
Kyle Larson will start on the pole in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet for the Cup Series’ Coke Zero Sugar 400 on Saturday (7 p.m. ET, NBC, Peacock, NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM). Larson is coming off a victory at Watkins Glen International, his 18th career Cup win and his second of the season.
AJ Allmendinger will start on the pole in the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet for the Xfinity Series’ Wawa 250 powered by Coca-Cola on Friday (7:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM). Allmendinger leads the Xfinity Series in points with four regular-season races remaining.
Heavy rain and lightning came through the Daytona Beach area mid-day and were forecast for the afternoon hours.
Starting Lineup
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 5 | Kyle Larson | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 9 | Chase Elliott | A SHOC Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 22 | Joey Logano | Shell Pennzoil Ford | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Freeway Insurance Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Rheem Toyota | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Mobil 1 Ford | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Fifth Third Bank Ford | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Horizon Hobby Ford | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Ally Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 43 | Erik Jones | FOCUSfactor Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Jockey Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Bass Pro Shops Toyota | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2 | Austin Cindric # | Menards/Maytag Ford | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 41 | Cole Custer | Autodesk/HaasTooling.com Ford | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Advance Auto Parts Ford | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 24 | William Byron | Axalta Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 31 | Justin Haley | LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Cares Toyota | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Kroger/NOS Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 3 | Austin Dillon | BREZTRI Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Interstate Batteries Toyota | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 45 | Ty Gibbs(i) | Monster Energy Toyota | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | Castrol Ford | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 42 | Ty Dillon | Thorntons Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Mahindra Tractors Ford | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Smithfield Ford | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 16 | Daniel Hemric(i) | Cirkul Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 21 | Harrison Burton # | Dex Imaging Ford | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | DoorDash Toyota | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Built.com Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 38 | Todd Gilliland # | First Phase Ford | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | 51 | Cody Ware | Nurtec ODT Ford | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | 15 | David Ragan | Select Blinds/Jacob Companies Ford | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | 77 | Landon Cassill(i) | Voyager: Crypto for All Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | 78 | BJ McLeod(i) | NASCAR Rivals Ford | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | 62 | Noah Gragson(i) | Beard Motorsports/Southpoint Chevrolet | 0 | 0 |