Carl Edwards has gotten off to a great start of his 2012 Spring Cup campaign, earning himself the pole position at Daytona 500 qualifying on Sunday, setting himself up nicely on NASCAR's biggest stage.
Edwards worked his #99 Ford the top speed of 194.738 mph and best lap time of 46.22 seconds to take the Pole, while Greg Biffle will join him in the fron row in the No. 2 position, running a 46.37 second lap time at 194.087 mph in his # 16 Ford.
As for the Bay Area contingency, Jeff Gordon and his #24 Chevrolet finished in sixth position after running a 46.44 second lap time at 193.803 mph, while A.J. Allmendinger finished 18th after running a 46.6 second lap time in his # 22 Ford.
Here's the full list of how Qualifying finished, but this is not the starting lineup. Non-qualified drivers are in bold.
- Carl Edwards
- Greg Biffle
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Marcos Ambrose
- Casey Mears
- Jeff Gordon
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Trevor Bayne * (clinched berth in Daytona 500)
- Tony Stewart
- Mark Martin
- Jimmie Johnson
- AJ Allmendinger
- Paul Menard
- David Ragan
- Matt Kenseth
- Ryan Newman
- AJ Allmendinger
- Brad Keselowski
- Kevin Harvick
- Joey Logano
- Clint Bowyer
- Jeff Burton
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Kasey Kahne
- Tony Raines * (clinched berth in Daytona 500)
- David Stremme * (clinched berth in Daytona 500)
- Kyle Busch
- Jamie McMurray
- Danica Patrick
- Kenny Wallace
- Terry Labonte * (guaranteed spot via past champion's provisional)
- Dave Blaney
- Kurt Busch
- Elliott Sadler
- Michael Waltrip
- Joe Nemechek
- Denny Hamlin
- Regan Smith
- Michael McDowell
- Landon Cassill
- David Gilliland
- Bobby Labonte
- Bill Elliott
- Mike Wallace
- David Reutimann
- Robert Richardson Jr.
- Robby Gordon
- JJ Yeley
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