NASCAR Daytona 500: Qualifying results for the race at Daytona International Speedway

Only a few days remain until the kick-off of the official 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season with the 65th annual Daytona 500 which will be held this Sunday at the historic Daytona International Speedway. Fans are eagerly awaiting the start of the 75th season of the Cup Series. The event will be live on FOX and MRN at 2:30 pm ET.

The Great American Race will be contested at the 2.5-mile-long high-banked Superspeedway. 40 out of 42 drivers will compete for over 200 laps on Sunday to secure a chance at driving down Victory Lane.

NASCAR journalist Bob Pockrass shared the Wednesday’s Busch Light Pole qualifying results on his official Twitter account:

In Wednesday’s qualifying session, Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman scored the pole for the Sunday’s Daytona 500 with a time of 49.536 and a speed of 181.686 mph. It marked his third Daytona 500 pole and the fourth career pole. Moreover, the pole marked his record-setting sixth consecutive front row start at The Great American Race. Meanwhile, his teammate Kyle Larson will share the front row after turning a lap of 181.057 mph.

According to the Daytona 500 qualifying rules, only Bowman and Larson have secured their spot in the race. The rest of the starting lineup for the event will be determined through NASCAR's Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 and Duel 2 on Thursday.

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NASCAR’s 2022 Daytona 500 qualifying results

Here are the qualifying results from Wednesday night’s single-car qualifying session at Daytona International Speedway:

1. #48 - Alex Bowman
2. #5 - Kyle Larson
3. #24 - William Byron
4. #10 - Aric Almirola
5. #22 - Joey Logano
6. #14 - Chase Briscoe
7. #12 - Ryan Blaney
8. #2 - Austin Cindric
9. #21 - Harrison Burton
10. #8 - Kyle Busch
11. #23 - Bubba Wallace
12. #99 - Daniel Suarez
13. #17 - Chris Buescher
14. #9 - Chase Elliott
15. #1 - Ross Chastain
16. #41 - Ryan Preece
17. #4 - Kevin Harvick
18. #6 - Brad Keselowski
19. #54 - Ty Gibbs (R)
20. #45 - Tyler Reddick
21. #20 - Christopher Bell
22. #19 - Martin Truex Jr.
23. #84 - Jimmie Johnson
24. #34 - Michael McDowell
25. #67 - Travis Pastrana
26. #11 - Denny Hamlin
27. #43 - Erik Jones
28. #42 - Noah Gragson (R)
29. #36 - Zane Smith
30. #16 - A.J. Allmendinger
31. #31 - Justin Haley
32. #62 - Austin Hill
33. #3 - Austin Dillon
34. #38 - Todd Gilliland
35. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
36. #78 - B.J. McLeod
37. #51 - Cody Ware
38. #15 - Riley Herbst
39. #77 - Ty Dillon
40. #7 - Corey LaJoie
41. #13 - Chandler Smith
42. #50 - Conor Daly