Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet won the Pole Award for the 63rd Annual DAYTONA 500 with a lap of 47.056 seconds, 191.261 mph. This is his 3rd pole in 190 NASCAR Cup Series races. Hendrick Motorsports has won 14 Daytona 500 poles, the series most: Ken Schrader (1988, 1989, 1990), Jeff Gordon (1999, 2015), Jimmie Johnson (2002, 2008), Mark Martin (2010), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2011), Chase Elliott (2016, 2017), Alex Bowman (2018, 2021), William Byron (2019). This is his 2nd pole in 10 races at Daytona International Speedway. Alex Bowman becomes the 1st driver to sit on the Daytona 500 front row four consecutive seasons (2018-2021). 2nd Place Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet with a time of 47.314 & speed of 190.219 posted his 4th Top 10 start in 7 races at Daytona International Speedway. 3rd Place Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford with a time of 47.324 & speed of 190.178.
4th Place Car 23 Bubba Wallace DoorDash Toyota with a time of 47.474 & speed of 189.577 followed by 5th place Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/NOS Energy Drink Chevrolet with a time of 47.477 & speed of 189.565. 6th Place Car 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Light #TheCrew Ford with a time of 47.489& speed of 189.518 followed by 7th place Car 20 Christopher Bell DEWALT Toyota with a time of 47.573 & speed of 189.183. 8th Place Car 37 * Ryan Preece Cottonelle Chevrolet with a time of 47.585 & speed of 189.135 followed by 9th place Car 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet with a time of 47.631 & speed of 188.953. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 99 Daniel Suarez iFly Chevrolet with a time of 47.636& speed of 188.933.
Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet & Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet will start on the 1st row of the 63rd Annual DAYTONA 500, unless they make unapproved adjustments or use back-up car. The rest of the field will get their starting position from race results of the NASCAR Cup Series Duels at Daytona Thursday 7 p.m. ET.
Time Trial Results
Daytona International Speedway
63rd Annual DAYTONA 500
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Wednesday, 2/10/2021 @ 08:40 PM Eastern
Driver Date Time Speed
Track Qualifying Record: Bill Elliott 02/15/87 42.783 210.364
Position Car Driver Team Time Speed
Qualifying Round: 1
| 1. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 47.056 191.261 |
| 2. Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet 47.314 190.219 |
| 3. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 47.324 190.178 |
| 4. Car 23 Bubba Wallace DoorDash Toyota 47.474 189.577 |
| 5. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/NOS Energy Drink Chevrolet 47.477 189.565 |
| 6. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Light #TheCrew Ford 47.489 189.518 |
| 7. Car 20 Christopher Bell DEWALT Toyota 47.573 189.183 |
| 8. Car 37 * Ryan Preece Cottonelle Chevrolet 47.585 189.135 |
| 9. Car 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 47.631 188.953 |
| 10. Car 99 Daniel Suarez iFly Chevrolet 47.636 188.933 |
| 11. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 47.695 188.699 |
| 12. Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Toyota 47.695 188.699 |
| 13. Car 36 * David Ragan Select Blinds Ford 47.730 188.561 |
| 14. Car 1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet 47.742 188.513 |
| 15. Car 5 Kyle Larson Nations Guard Chevrolet 47.752 188.474 |
| 16. Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota 47.780 188.363 |
| 17. Car 21 Matt DiBenedetto Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 47.881 187.966 |
| 18. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Blue DEF/PEAK Ford 47.895 187.911 |
| 19. Car 33 * Austin Cindric(i) Verizon 5G Ford 47.900 187.891 |
| 20. Car 16 * Kaz Grala Hyper Ice Chevrolet 47.925 187.793 |
| 21. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 47.943 187.723 |
| 22. Car 14 Chase Briscoe HighPoint.com Ford 47.956 187.672 |
| 23. Car 6 Ryan Newman Kohler Generators Ford 47.960 187.656 |
| 24. Car 42 Ross Chastain Clover Chevrolet 47.972 187.609 |
| 25. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 48.060 187.266 |
| 26. Car 2 Brad Keselowski Discount Tire Ford 48.072 187.219 |
| 27. Car 34 Michael McDowell Love’s Travel Stops Ford 48.124 187.017 |
| 28. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota 48.165 186.858 |
| 29. Car 43 Erik Jones Armor All Chevrolet 48.189 186.765 |
| 30. Car 17 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford 48.269 186.455 |
| 31. Car 8 Tyler Reddick Lenovo Chevrolet 48.347 186.154 |
| 32. Car 38 Anthony Alfredo Speedy Cash Ford 48.422 185.866 |
| 33. Car 96 * Ty Dillon(i) Bass Pro Shops/Black Rifle Coffee Toyota 48.446 185.774 |
| 34. Car 77 Jamie McMurray AdventHealth Chevrolet 48.746 184.631 |
| 35. Car 7 Corey LaJoie Youtheory Chevrolet 48.767 184.551 |
| 36. Car 00 Quin Houff Mane ‘n Tail Chevrolet 49.571 181.558 |
| 37. Car 13 * Garrett Smithley(i) Trophy Tractor Ford 49.880 180.433 |
| 38. Car 78 BJ McLeod(i) NASCAR Heats Ford 49.985 180.054 |
| 39. Car 66 * Timmy Hill(i) VSI Racing Ford 50.016 179.942 |
| 40. Car 51 Cody Ware Nurtec ODT Chevrolet 50.074 179.734 |
| 41. Car 53 Joey Gase Page Construction Ford 50.630 177.760 |
| 42. Car 52 Josh Bilicki Wisconsin Lighting Lab Ford 50.926 176.727 |
| 43. Car 15 Derrike Cope Jacob Companies Chevrolet 0.000 |
| 44. Car 62 * Noah Gragson(i) Beard Motorsports/South Point Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 |
*Required to qualify on time, OP – Top 30 in Owner Points, PC – Past Champion,(i)Ineligible for driver points in this series
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