Carl Edwards Takes Pole Position For Daytona 500
Carl Edwards won his first Daytona 500 Pole during Qualifying on Sunday of the Super Bowl of Motorsports.
Edwards qualified with a speed of 194.738 to take the top spot in next Sunday's race. Edwards teammate Greg Biffle qualified second making it a front row sweep for Rousch Fenway Racing. Those 2 positions are locked. The rest of the pack will be determined this Thursday with the Gatorade Duels.
Here are the complete qualifying results from Sunday courtesy of NASCAR.com:
| POS | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Fastenal | 194.738 | 46.216 | Leader |
| 2 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | 194.087 | 46.371 | -0.155 |
| 3 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard | 194.028 | 46.385 | -0.169 |
| 4 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Stanley | 193.999 | 46.392 | -0.176 |
| 5 | 13 | Casey Mears | Ford | GEICO | 193.844 | 46.429 | -0.213 |
| 6 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger | 193.803 | 46.439 | -0.223 |
| 7 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 193.665 | 46.472 | -0.256 |
| 8 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Ford | Ford EcoBoost | 193.665 | 46.472 | -0.256 |
| 9 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center | 193.615 | 46.484 | -0.268 |
| 10 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Office Depot / Mobil 1 | 193.607 | 46.486 | -0.270 |
| 11 | 55 | Mark Martin | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 193.503 | 46.511 | -0.295 |
| 12 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | 193.449 | 46.524 | -0.308 |
| 13 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | Smithfield "Helping Hungry Homes" | 193.382 | 46.540 | -0.324 |
| 14 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Peak / Menards | 193.374 | 46.542 | -0.326 |
| 15 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | Scorpion Truck Bed Liners | 193.249 | 46.572 | -0.356 |
| 16 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Best Buy | 193.245 | 46.573 | -0.357 |
| 17 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | U.S. Army / Quicken Loans | 193.224 | 46.578 | -0.362 |
| 18 | 22 | A.J. Allmendinger | Dodge | Shell / Pennzoil | 193.121 | 46.603 | -0.387 |
| 19 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite | 192.992 | 46.634 | -0.418 |
| 20 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 192.914 | 46.653 | -0.437 |
| 21 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 192.868 | 46.664 | -0.448 |
| 22 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 5-hour Energy | 192.843 | 46.670 | -0.454 |
| 23 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 192.777 | 46.686 | -0.470 |
| 24 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 192.600 | 46.729 | -0.513 |
| 25 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | Farmers Insurance | 192.583 | 46.733 | -0.517 |
| 26 | 26 | Tony Raines | Ford | Front Row Motorsports | 192.534 | 46.745 | -0.529 |
| 27 | 30 | David Stremme | Toyota | Inception Motorsports | 191.963 | 46.884 | -0.668 |
| 28 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's Brown | 191.873 | 46.906 | -0.690 |
| 29 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats | 191.840 | 46.914 | -0.698 |
| 30 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | 191.738 | 46.939 | -0.723 |
| 31 | 109 | Kenny Wallace | Toyota | American Ethanol | 191.567 | 46.981 | -0.765 |
| 32 | 32 | Terry Labonte | Ford | C&J Energy | 191.522 | 46.992 | -0.776 |
| 33 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | 191.506 | 46.996 | -0.780 |
| 34 | 51 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | HendrickCars.com | 191.363 | 47.031 | -0.815 |
| 35 | 33 | Elliott Sadler | Chevrolet | General Mills / Kroger | 191.270 | 47.054 | -0.838 |
| 36 | 140 | Michael Waltrip | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine | 191.180 | 47.076 | -0.860 |
| 37 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves | 191.160 | 47.081 | -0.865 |
| 38 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Express | 191.127 | 47.089 | -0.873 |
| 39 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row / CSX "Play it Safe" | 191.062 | 47.105 | -0.889 |
| 40 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Ford | K-Love / Curb Records | 190.990 | 47.123 | -0.907 |
| 41 | 83 | Landon Cassill | Toyota | Burger King | 190.605 | 47.218 | -1.002 |
| 42 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | MHP Power Pak Pudding | 190.046 | 47.357 | -1.141 |
| 43 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Kroger | 190.022 | 47.363 | -1.147 |
| 44 | 97 | Bill Elliott | Toyota | AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves | 189.950 | 47.381 | -1.165 |
| 45 | 37 | Mike Wallace | Ford | Poynt.com | 189.853 | 47.405 | -1.189 |
| 46 | 93 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Burger King | 189.235 | 47.560 | -1.344 |
| 47 | 23 | Robert Richardson Jr. | Toyota | North Texas Pipe | 188.438 | 47.761 | -1.545 |
| 48 | 7 | Robby Gordon | Dodge | Mapei / Menards / Speed Energy | 188.229 | 47.814 | -1.598 |
| 49 | 249 | J.J. Yeley | Toyota | America Israel Racing | 187.954 | 47.884 | -1.668 |
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