Daytona 500 Pole Qualifying Results
So Daytona 500 Qualifying happened on Sunday, but only 2 people have been set in the field. Are you confused yet? Don’t worry, it gets even more crazy. The only two positions that have been set by this qualifying round, as of now anyway, are Jimmie Johnson on the pole and Michael Waltrip on the outside pole. Everyone else now has to qualify a different way. Here are the ways everyone else can qualify:
1. Via the Gatorade 150 Duels to be held on Thursday.
2. Champion’s provisional (only one and it looks to be going to Kurt Busch unless he wins his duel)
3. Be in the top 35 from last year
4. Have a fast qualifying time (only if all other avenues are exhausted)
So, really, there are 35 teams who are guaranteed a spot as of now (well, I guess 36 since Michael Waltrip has his spot secured now and 37 if you count one of the past champions will definitely get a spot). That leaves about 6 more spots available which will go to 3 from the duels and 3 on fast qualifying times. Whew! What a crazy mess.
If you would like to see how everyone qualified, even if it doesn’t make that big of a difference for most of them, keep reading after the jump.
NASCAR, Daytona 500 Qualifying, Daytona 500 Qualifying results
1 48 Jimmie Johnson
2 55 Michael Waltrip
3 78 Joe Nemechek
4 00 David Reutimann
5 22 Dave Blaney
6 5 Casey Mears
7 28 Travis Kvapil
8 11 Denny Hamlin
9 60 Boris Said
10 24 Jeff Gordon
11 10 Patrick Carpentier #
12 20 Tony Stewart
13 6 David Ragan
14 17 Matt Kenseth
15 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
16 83 Brian Vickers
17 27 Jacques Villeneuve #
18 8 Mark Martin
19 84 AJ Allmendinger
20 38 David Gilliland
21 44 Dale Jarrett
22 66 Scott Riggs
23 12 Ryan Newman
24 16 Greg Biffle
25 26 Jamie McMurray
26 01 Regan Smith #
27 87 Kenny Wallace
28 7 Robby Gordon
29 9 Kasey Kahne
30 37 Eric McClure
31 18 Kyle Busch
32 70 Jeremy Mayfield
33 29 Kevin Harvick
34 2 Kurt Busch
35 19 Elliott Sadler
36 99 Carl Edwards
38 15 Paul Menard
39 40 Dario Franchitti #
40 1 Martin Truex, Jr.
41 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge
42 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
43 77 Sam Hornish, Jr. #
44 07 Clint Bowyer
45 21 Bill Elliott
46 31 Jeff Burton
47 43 Bobby Labonte
48 34 John Andretti
49 45 Kyle Petty
50 09 Sterling Marlin
51 96 J.J. Yeley
52 50 Stanton Barrett
53 08 Carl Long
#-denotes rookie
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