#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Daytona 500 with a lap of 48.364 seconds, 186.089 mph. This is his 10th pole in 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. His last pole came at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March, 2010. This is his first pole in 23 races at Daytona International Speedway. This is the third time Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start from the front row in the Daytona 500 (2003 and 2010). Jeff Gordon will start second in the Daytona 500, his third front row start in the event. He won the pole in 1999 and started second in 2006. The last driver to win the Daytona 500 from the pole was Dale Jarrett in 2000. The last driver to win the Daytona 500 from the second starting position was Dale Jarrett in 1993.(NASCAR Statistics)(2-13-2011)
