Debutant på 'pole position' Montoya på 4. pladsen Daytona 500 debutanten David Gilliland sikrede sig i nat dansk tid den foreløbige pole position til sæsonens første NASCAR løb, han satte en tid der var 0,185 sekund foran Robert Yates Racing teamkollegaen Ricky Rudd der var næsthurtigst.
Det er ikke kun David Gilliland der får sin Daytona 500 debut denne weekend, det samme gælder for den tidligere McLaren Formel 1 kører Juan Pablo Montoya, der nu kører for Ganassi teamet.
Montoya kørte sig til en startpossioion som nummer fire ud af de 61 deltagende kørere.
Daytona 500 - kvalifikationstiderne:
Pl.
#
Kører
Mærke
Tid
Mph.
1
38
David Gilliland
Ford
48.304
186.320
2
88
Ricky Rudd
Ford
48.489
185.609
3
40
David Stremme
Dodge
48.521
185.487
4
42
Juan Montoya*
Dodge
48.560
185.338
5
6
David Ragan*
Ford
48.570
185.300
6
160
Boris Said
Ford
48.593
185.212
7
24
Jeff Gordon
Chevrolet
48.628
185.079
8
14
Sterling Marlin
Chevrolet
48.663
184.945
9
70
Johnny Sauter
Chevrolet
48.688
184.850
10
48
Jimmie Johnson
Chevrolet
48.710
184.767
11
25
Casey Mears
Chevrolet
48.745
184.634
12
5
Kyle Busch
Chevrolet
48.778
184.509
13
11
Denny Hamlin
Chevrolet
48.794
184.449
14
00
David Reutimann*
Toyota
48.802
184.419
15
36
Jeremy Mayfield
Toyota
48.820
184.351
16
18
J.J. Yeley
Chevrolet
48.824
184.336
17
23
Mike Skinner
Toyota
48.827
184.324
18
20
Tony Stewart
Chevrolet
48.844
184.260
19
19
Elliott Sadler
Dodge
48.845
184.256
20
26
Jamie McMurray
Ford
48.857
184.211
21
1
Martin Truex Jr.
Chevrolet
48.876
184.139
22
8
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Chevrolet
48.911
184.008
23
43
Bobby Labonte
Dodge
48.913
184.000
24
55
Michael Waltrip
Toyota
48.940
183.899
25
139
Regan Smith
Chevrolet
48.949
183.865
26
66
Jeff Green
Chevrolet
49.003
183.662
27
12
Ryan Newman
Dodge
49.019
183.602
28
16
Greg Biffle
Ford
49.037
183.535
29
29
Kevin Harvick
Chevrolet
49.048
183.494
30
4
Ward Burton
Chevrolet
49.056
183.464
31
15
Paul Menard*
Chevrolet
49.066
183.426
32
45
Kyle Petty
Dodge
49.092
183.329
33
01
Mark Martin
Chevrolet
49.109
183.266
34
96
Tony Raines
Chevrolet
49.155
183.094
35
2
Kurt Busch
Dodge
49.162
183.068
36
7
Robby Gordon
Ford
49.167
183.050
37
22
Dave Blaney
Toyota
49.171
183.035
38
84
A.J. Allmendinger*
Toyota
49.219
182.856
39
07
Clint Bowyer
Chevrolet
49.242
182.771
40
34
Kevin Lepage
Dodge
49.258
182.711
41
37
Bill Elliott
Dodge
49.259
182.708
42
41
Reed Sorenson
Dodge
49.299
182.559
43
83
Brian Vickers
Toyota
49.313
182.508
44
78
Kenny Wallace
Chevrolet
49.315
182.500
45
13
Joe Nemechek
Chevrolet
49.322
182.474
46
21
Ken Schrader
Ford
49.328
182.452
47
10
Scott Riggs
Dodge
49.332
182.437
48
44
Dale Jarrett
Toyota
49.434
182.061
49
99
Carl Edwards
Ford
49.445
182.020
50
31
Jeff Burton
Chevrolet
49.457
181.976
51
171
Frank Kimmel
Ford
49.534
181.693
52
49
Mike Bliss
Dodge
49.576
181.540
53
104
Eric McClure
Chevrolet
49.650
181.269
54
130
Stanton Barrett
Chevrolet
49.679
181.163
55
27
Kirk Shelmerdine
Chevrolet
49.689
181.127
56
72
Brandon Whitt*
Chevrolet
49.869
180.473
57
74
Derrike Cope
Dodge
49.902
180.354
58
158
James Hylton
Chevrolet
50.101
179.637
59
109
Mike Wallace
Chevrolet
52.538
171.305
60
17
Matt Kenseth
Ford
DSQ
61
9
Kasey Kahne
Dodge
DSQ
* Rookie
Matt Kenseth (Ford) og Kasey Kahne (Dodge) blev frataget deres tider, da deres biller ikke passerede tekniskkontrol.