– Chase Elliott: 1st driver to win pole in first 2 Daytona 500 starts – Elliott: 1st driver to win back-to-back Daytona 500 poles since Ken Schrader (3 straight from 1988-90); 5th driver with consecutive Daytona 500 poles (Fireball Roberts, Buddy Baker, Bill Elliott, Schrader) – Elliott: joins Jimmie Johnson as only active drivers with multiple Daytona 500 poles – Dale Earnhardt Jr.: will start 2nd; 4th front-row start in Daytona 500 – Hendrick Motorsports: 4th time sweeping front row in last 8 Daytona 500s (Roush Fenway Racing also did so once in span) – Elliott Sadler, Brendan Gaughan: qualified for field (2 remaining unclaimed spots up in Thursday’s Can-Am Dual races) (ESPN Stats)
