Race fans had the final voice in selecting the starting lineup for The Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night, Feb. 16. The fans had three choices: 1) Number of career wins (most to least) 2) 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final driver point standings 3) The order of when drivers earned their pole position in 2012 (Daytona 500 first place Homestead-Miami Speedway Ford 400 last place) And fans chose the third option, so #99-Edwards will start on the pole followed by #55-Mark Martin. The Lineup: 1) #99-Carl Edwards (X) – 2012 Daytona 500 pole 2) #55-Mark Martin (X) – Phoenix pole 3) #5-Kasey Kahne – Las Vegas pole 4) #16-Greg Biffle – Bristol pole 5) #11-Denny Hamlin – Auto Club pole 6) #56-Martin Truex Jr. – Texas pole 7) #24-Jeff Gordon – Talladega pole 8) #43-Aric Almirola – Charlotte pole 9) #22-Joey Logano – Pocono pole 10) #9-Marcos Ambrose – Michigan pole 11) #48-Jimmie Johnson – Kentucky pole 12) #20-Matt Kenseth – Daytona – July pole 13) #18-Kyle Busch – New Hampshire pole 14) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya – Pocono pole 15) #14-Tony Stewart – Atlanta pole 16) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. – Richmond pole 17) #29-Kevin Harvick (won event 2009-2010) 18) #78-Kurt Busch (X)(won event 2011) 19) #32-Terry Labonte (won event 1985) NOTE: (X) three cars confirmed to the rear before the drop of the green flag: #99-Edwards (backup); #55-Martin (backup); #78-Busch (backup); looks like #5-Kahne (transmission change) will keep his spot. Also see the Sprint Unlimited Starting Lineup (pdf) .
