Mark Martin captured the pole for Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway on Friday afternoon, knocking Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne from the top spot with just five cars to go in the qualifying session.
NASCAR At Daytona International Speedway Starting Lineup: Mark Martin Leads Coke Zero 400 Qualifying
Martin, the elder statesman of Hendrick Motorsports and the NASCAR garage, picked up his 50th career pole and will lead the Daytona starting lineup thanks to his lap of 182.065 mph. Bayne’s lap was 182.002 mph.
“Kudos to Hendrick Motorsports,” Martin said. “Can’t wait to get out there tomorrow night.”
Clint Bowyer qualified in the third spot, followed by Jeff Gordon and David Ragan.
The top 10 was completed by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Andy Lally, Jimmie Johnson, AJ Allmendinger and Paul Menard.
Tony Raines and JJ Yeley failed to qualify for the Coke Zero 400.
Here is the starting lineup for Saturday night’s NASCAR race at Daytona International Speedway:
- Mark Martin
- Trevor Bayne
- Clint Bowyer
- Jeff Gordon
- David Ragan
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Andy Lally
- Jimmie Johnson
- AJ Allmendinger
- Paul Menard
- Ryan Newman
- Jeff Burton
- Kasey Kahne
- Carl Edwards
- Marcos Ambrose
- Matt Kenseth
- Greg Biffle
- Jamie McMurray
- Tony Stewart
- Brian Vickers
- Landon Cassill
- Kevin Conway
- David Reutimann
- Bobby Labonte
- Kurt Busch
- Brad Keselowski
- Travis Kvapil
- Regan Smith
- Mike Skinner
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Kevin Harvick
- Casey Mears
- Michael McDowell
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Geoff Bodine
- Denny Hamlin
- Joe Nemechek
- Joey Logano
- Kyle Busch
- David Gilliland
- Dave Blaney
- Terry Labonte
- Mike Bliss
DNQ: Tony Raines and JJ Yeley failed to qualify
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