Daytona 500 Pole Report: Lineup Before the Gatorade Duels

1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

2. Jeff Gordon

3. Trevor Bayne

4. Paul Menard

5. Clint Bowyer

6. Jeff Burton

7. Ryan Newman

8. Mark Martin

9. Tony Stewart

10. Greg Biffle

11. Kurt Busch

12. Juan Pablo Montoya

13. Marcos Ambrose

14. Kevin Harvick

15. Jimmie Johnson

16. David Ragan

17. Bill Elliott

18. Carl Edwards

19. A.J. Allmendinger

20. Travis Kvapil

21. Joe Nemechek

22. Matt Kenseth

23. David Reutimann

24. Brad Keselowski

25. Michael Waltrip

26. Dave Blaney

27. Jamie McMurray

28. Regan Smith

29. Kasey Kahne

30. Kyle Busch

31. Bobby Labonte

32. Brian Vickers

33. Martin Truex Jr.

34. Joey Logano

35. Todd Bodine

36. Kevin Conway

37. Casey Mears

38. David Gilliland

39. Steve Wallace

40. Michael McDowell

41. Robby Gordon

42. Terry Labonte

43. Robert Richardson Jr.

44. Denny Hamlin

45. J.J. Yeley

46. Andy Lally

47. Derrike Cope

48. Brian Keselowski

Notes:

Denny Hamlin is low on the list because his steering wheel locked to the left while he was making his qualifying run and he went through the grass.

Jamie McMurray is so low on the list because he was in a backup car after scraping the wall in practice on Saturday.

How the Gatorade Duels play into starting spots for the Daytona 500:

The Gatorade Duels are unique to the Daytona 500. The field will be split in half and each half will run a 150-lap race to grab the third and fourth spots behind the pole-sitter and the outside pole-sitter (Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon for this race). Everyone else will be determined in terms of their finish in the Gatorade Duels. The first race will fill the odd numbered starting spots and the second race will finish the even starting spots.

Drivers in the first duel:

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Paul Menard

Ryan Newman

Mark Martin

Tony Stewart

Kurt Busch

Juan Pablo Montoya

Marcos Ambrose

Kevin Harvick

Jimmie Johnson

Bill Elliott

A.J. Allmendinger

Joe Nemechek

Matt Kenseth

Dave Blaney

Regan Smith

Kasey Kahne

Bobby Labonte

Brian Vickers

Kevin Conway

David Gilliland

Michael McDowell

J.J. Yeley

Andy Lally

Drivers in the second duel:

Jeff Gordon

Trevor Bayne

Clint Bowyer

Jeff Burton

Greg Biffle

David Ragan

Carl Edwards

Travis Kvapil

David Reutimann

Brad Keselowski

Michael Waltrip

Jamie McMurray

Kyle Busch

Martin Truex Jr.

Joey Logano

Todd Bodine

Casey Mears

Steve Wallace

Robby Gordon

Terry Labonte

Robert Richardson Jr.

Denny Hamlin

Derrike Cope

T.V. Schedule:

Sprint Cup Practice: Wednesday at 1 PM on Speed

Gatorade Duels: 2 PM on Speed

Daytona 500: Sunday, February 20^th at 1 P.M. on Fox