For the second year in a row, Chase Elliott will start on the pole at the Daytona 500.
The 21-year-old clocked the fastest lap–46.663 seconds–during qualifying at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, earning him his second pole at The Great American Race in as many tries. It’s also the third pole in a row for the No. 24 car, with Jeff Gordon starting first in 2015.
He’ll be joined on the front row by Dale Earnhardt Jr., who finished just two one-thousandths of a second behind at 46.665. It’s the fourth time in Junior’s career he’ll start the Great American Race on the front row.
Spots 3 through 38 in the starting lineup will be determined by finish in Thursday’s Can-Am Duels, while the last row will be filled out by Brendan Gaughan and Elliot Sadler, the top two open cars from Sunday.
Here are the complete results from Daytona 500 qualifying:
Daytona 500 Qualifying Results
1. Chase Elliott: 46.663 (Round 1: 46.800)
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr.: 46.665 (Round 1: 46.810)
3. Brad Keselowski: 46.707 (Round 1: 46.820)
4. Clint Bowyer: 46.736 (Round 1: 46.854)
5. Martin Truex Jr.: 46.800 (Round 1: 46.826)
6. Denny Hamlin: 46.823 (Round 1: 46.845)
7. Kevin Harvick: 46.829 (Round 1: 46.867)
8. Kasey Kahne: 46.853 (Round 1: 46.864)
9. Matt Kenseth: 46.871 (Round 1: 46.840)
10. Ryan Newman: 46.876 (Round 1: 46.859)
11. Kyle Busch: 46.932 (Round 1: 46.855)
12. Ty Dillon: 47.009 (Round 1: 46.869)
Didn’t qualify for Round 2
13. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 46.874
14. Daniel Suarez: 46.905
15. Kyle Larson: 46.923
16. Joey Logano: 46.929
17. Paul Menard: 46.989
18. Jimmie Johnson: 46.900
19. Ryan Blaney: 46.937
20. Trevor Bayne: 46.944
21. Erik Jones: 46.950
22. Kurt Busch: 47.017
23. Jamie McMurray: 47.023
24. Danica Patrick: 47.042
25. Aric Almirola: 47.123
26. Austin Dillon: 47.127
27. Landon Cassill: 47.285
28. AJ Allmendinger: 47.298
29. Matt DiBenedetto: 47.355
30. Michael McDowell: 47.438
31. Chris Buescher: 47.513
32. David Ragan: 47.518
33. Brendan Gaughan (i): 47.545
34. Cole Whitt: 47.592
35. Michael Waltrip: 47.599
36. Elliott Sadler (i): 47.730
37. Reed Sorenson: 48.043
38. DJ Kennington: 48.175
39. Joey Gase (i): 48.428
40. Corey LaJoie: 48.584
41. Jeffrey Earnhardt: 48.710
42. Timmy Hill (i): 48.886
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