#99-Carl Edwards won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Daytona 500 with a lap of 46.216 seconds, 194.738 mph.
This is his 11th pole in 266 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his first pole in 15 races at Daytona International Speedway.
Edwards ‘ pole speed of 194.738 mph is the fastest pole winning speed in Daytona 500 Coors Light Pole qualifying since 1999 (Jeff Gordon, 195.067 mph).
With the Coors Light Pole, Carl Edwards has earned a spot in next year’s Shootout at Daytona.
#16-Greg Biffle (second) posted his fifth top-10 start in 19 races at Daytona International Speedway. He will join his Roush Fenway Racing teammate on the front row of the Daytona 500.
This is Roush Fenway Racing’s first Daytona 500 pole since 2004 (Greg Biffle).
The last time Ford swept the front row for the Daytona 500 was 2007 (David Gilliland and Ricky Rudd).
The last time teammates swept the front row for the Daytona 500 was 2011 (Hendrick Motorsports, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon).
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)(2-19-2012)
