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Daytona 500 Qualifying Order: When Will Your Favorite Driver Make His Laps?

Today’s Daytona 500 qualifying (FOX, 1:05 p.m. ET) will see 49 drivers attempt laps, bookended by two Keselowskis.

The first driver to attempt qualifying laps will be Brad Keselowski, whose only goal as a top-35 locked-in driver will be to try and grab one of the front row spots for the Daytona 500.

Later, brother Brian Keselowski will have much more on the line. As the last man to attempt a lap, the go-or-go-home driver will try to snag one of the three coveted Daytona 500 starting positions earned on qualifying speed alone.

Whether your favorite driver is trying to get the pole or just get into the race, we figured you might want to know in what order he’ll make his laps. Here is the Daytona 500 qualifying order:

  1. Brad Keselowski
  2. Bobby Labonte
  3. Kyle Busch
  4. Matt Kenseth
  5. Clint Bowyer
  6. Mark Martin
  7. Tony Stewart
  8. Ryan Newman
  9. Steve Wallace
  10. Kasey Kahne
  11. Andy Lally
  12. Brian Vickers
  13. Kevin Harvick
  14. Jamie McMurray
  15. Joey Logano
  16. David Gilliland
  17. Paul Menard
  18. Juan Pablo Montoya
  19. Robert Richardson Jr.
  20. Regan Smith
  21. Greg Biffle
  22. Jeff Gordon
  23. Marcos Ambrose
  24. AJ Allmendinger
  25. David Ragan
  26. Trevor Bayne
  27. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  28. Jeff Burton
  29. David Reutimann
  30. Carl Edwards
  31. Jimmie Johnson
  32. Kurt Busch
  33. Robby Gordon
  34. Martin Truex Jr.
  35. Denny Hamlin
  36. Norm Benning*
  37. Dave Blaney*
  38. JJ Yeley*
  39. Michael Waltrip*
  40. Casey Mears*
  41. Joe Nemechek*
  42. Bill Elliott*
  43. Todd Bodine*
  44. Travis Kvapil*
  45. Derrike Cope*
  46. Michael McDowell*
  47. Kevin Conway*
  48. Terry Labonte*
  49. Brian Keselowski*

* – Go-or-go home driver

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