NASCAR: Daytona 500 Pole Qualifying

Setting the field for the DAYTONA 500 is unlike any other race in the world, and that is one of the reasons why this event holds so much prestige.

Single-car qualifying tonight has two rounds, with the top 10 qualifiers in Round 1 moving on to the second round. The fastest two cars in Round 2 will lock in as the front-row starters for Sunday’s DAYTONA 500.

Drivers advancing to Round 2: – No. 48 Alex Bowman – No. 14 Chase Briscoe – No. 5 Kyle Larson – No. 22 Joey Logano – No. 10 Aric Almirola – No. 8 Kyle Busch – No. 24 William Byron – No. 2 Austin Cindric – No. 12 Ryan Blaney – No. 21 Harrison Burton

Round 1 Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Car	Time	Speed	Behind	Gap
1	48	Alex Bowman	Ally Chevrolet	49.717s	181.025	0.000s	0.000s
2	14	Chase Briscoe	Mahindra Tractors Ford	49.869	180.473	0.152	0.152
3	5	Kyle Larson	HendrickCars.com Chevrolet	49.870	180.469	0.153	0.001
4	22	Joey Logano	Shell Pennzoil Ford	49.881	180.429	0.164	0.011
5	10	Aric Almirola	Smithfield Ford	49.903	180.350	0.186	0.022
6	8	Kyle Busch	3CHI Chevrolet	49.920	180.288	0.203	0.017
7	24	William Byron	RaptorTough.com Chevrolet	49.926	180.267	0.209	0.006
8	2	Austin Cindric	Discount Tire Ford	49.927	180.263	0.210	0.001
9	12	Ryan Blaney	Menards/Blue DEF/PEAK Ford	49.965	180.126	0.248	0.038
10	21	Harrison Burton	Motorcraft/DEX Imaging Ford	49.996	180.014	0.279	0.031
11	23	Bubba Wallace	McDonald’s Toyota	49.997	180.011	0.280	0.001
12	99	Daniel Suarez	Tootsies Orchid Lounge Chevrolet	50.022	179.921	0.305	0.025
13	17	Chris Buescher	Fastenal Ford	50.031	179.888	0.314	0.009
14	9	Chase Elliott	NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet	50.033	179.881	0.316	0.002
15	1	Ross Chastain	AdventHealth Chevrolet	50.038	179.863	0.321	0.005
16	41	Ryan Preece	HaasTooling.com Ford	50.042	179.849	0.325	0.004
17	4	Kevin Harvick	Busch Light Ford	50.088	179.684	0.371	0.046
18	6	Brad Keselowski	Nexlizet Ford	50.091	179.673	0.374	0.003
19	54	Ty Gibbs #	Monster Energy/Interstate Batteries Toyota	50.107	179.616	0.390	0.016
20	45	Tyler Reddick	Monster Energy Toyota	50.108	179.612	0.391	0.001
21	20	Christopher Bell	DeWalt/Rheem Toyota	50.140	179.497	0.423	0.032
22	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Bass Pro Shops Toyota	50.182	179.347	0.465	0.042
23	84	* Jimmie Johnson	Carvana Chevrolet	50.202	179.276	0.485	0.020
24	34	Michael McDowell	Love’s Travel Stops Ford	50.205	179.265	0.488	0.003
25	67	* Travis Pastrana	Black Rifle Coffee Toyota	50.208	179.254	0.491	0.003
26	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx 50 Toyota	50.236	179.154	0.519	0.028
27	43	Erik Jones	GUNS N’ ROSES Chevrolet	50.280	178.998	0.563	0.044
28	42	Noah Gragson #	Wendy’s Chevrolet	50.296	178.941	0.579	0.016
29	36	* Zane Smith(i)	Wellcare Ford	50.318	178.862	0.601	0.022
30	16	AJ Allmendinger	Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet	50.332	178.813	0.615	0.014
31	31	Justin Haley	Cirkul Chevrolet	50.346	178.763	0.629	0.014
32	62	* Austin Hill(i)	Bennett Transportation/Beard Chevrolet	50.375	178.660	0.658	0.029
33	3	Austin Dillon	Bass Pro Shops Club Chevrolet	50.413	178.525	0.696	0.038
34	38	Todd Gilliland	gener8tor Skills Ford	50.504	178.204	0.787	0.091
35	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Kroger/Cottonelle Chevrolet	50.583	177.925	0.866	0.079
36	78	BJ McLeod	Power Slap Rumble Chevrolet	50.609	177.834	0.892	0.026
37	51	Cody Ware	Biohaven/Jacob Co. Ford	50.799	177.169	1.082	0.190
38	15	Riley Herbst(i)	SunnyD Ford	50.891	176.849	1.174	0.092
39	77	Ty Dillon	Ferris Chevrolet	51.045	176.315	1.328	0.154
40	7	Corey LaJoie	Celsius Chevrolet	51.053	176.287	1.336	0.008
41	13	* Chandler Smith(i)	Quick Tie Inc. Chevrolet	51.422	175.022	1.705	0.369
42	50	* Conor Daly(i)	BitNile.com Chevrolet	0.000	0.000	—–	—–

# DENOTES ROOKIE
(I) NOT ELIGIBLE FOR POINTS
(*) REQUIRED TO QUALIFY ON TIME