Pole Report: DRIVE4COPD 300

Qualifying for Saturday's DRIVE4COPD 300 was held Friday with Clint Boywer (49.773 seconds/180.821 MPH) capturing the pole.  Landon Cassill starts alongside Bowyer, who will pilot the #33 for Kevin Harvick Inc. Teammates Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Danica Patrick will be in row two, with Justin Allgaier rounding out the top-5. 

With a time of 49.867 seconds (180.480 MPH) Patrick was on the provisional pole until Landon Cassill took the track recording a time of 49.834 seconds (180.600 MPH). Although Earnhardt, who earned the pole for Sunday's Daytona 500 was fast, his time of 49.836 seconds (180.592 MPH) was only good enough for third. 

This is Bowyer's second pole at Daytona International Speedway.

Saturday's Nationwide race should be very exciting and full of Whoa’s and Ahh’s. Let’s go racing boys!

The following is the complete starting lineup for Saturday's DRIVE4COPD 300 from Daytona International Speedway:

  1. Clint Bowyer 

  2. Landon Cassill

  3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

  4. Danica Patrick

  5. Justin Allgaier

  6. Joey Logano

  7. Trevor Bayne

  8. Kyle Busch

  9. Carl Edwards

10. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

11. Brian Scot

12. Brad Keselowski

13. Michael Annett

14. Tony Stewart

15. Aric Almirola

16. Reed Sorenson

17. Sam Hornish Jr.

18. Joe Nemechek

19. Elliott Sadler

20. Kasey Kahne

21. Steve Wallace

22. Jason Leffler

23. Bobby Santos

24. Shelby Howard

25. Kenny Wallace

26. Michael Waltrip

27. Mike Wallace

28. Jeff Green

29. Jeremy Clements

30. Mike Bliss

31. Josh Wise

32. Kelly Bires

33. Donnie Neurenberger

34. Eric McClure

35. Patrick Sheltra

36. Todd Bodine

37. Kevin Lepage

38. Robert Richardson Jr.

39. Morgan Shepherd

40. JR Fitzpatrick

41. Derrike Cope

42. Scott Wimmer

43. David Starr

Failed to qualify: Brett Rowe, Jennifer Jo Cobb