List of Daytona 500 pole position winners
Daytona 500 pole winners

List of Daytona 500 pole position winners

Section Title: Daytona 500 pole winners
Table Section Text: None

Year of event	Driver	Car make	Average speed	Restrictor plate	Notes

1959	Bob Welborn	Chevrolet	140.121 mph (225.503 km/h)	Not fastest qualifier (see below); Entire lineup set by Qualifying races

1960	Cotton Owens	Pontiac	149.892 mph (241.228 km/h)	Not fastest qualifier (see below)

1961	Fireball Roberts	155.709 mph (250.589 km/h)	Won Qualifying race

1962	156.999 mph (252.665 km/h)	Won Qualifying race; won Daytona 500

1963	160.943 mph (259.013 km/h)	Not fastest qualifier (see below)

1964	Paul Goldsmith	Plymouth	174.910 mph (281.490 km/h)	Track record at time (see below)

1965	Darel Dieringer	Mercury	171.151 mph (275.441 km/h)	Also won Qualifying race

1966	Richard Petty	Plymouth	175.165 mph (281.901 km/h)	Won Daytona 500

1967	Curtis Turner	Chevrolet	180.831 mph (291.019 km/h)

1968	Cale Yarborough	Mercury	189.222 mph (304.523 km/h)	Won Daytona 500

1969	Buddy Baker (1)	Dodge	188.901 mph (304.007 km/h)	Not fastest qualifier (see below)

1970	Cale Yarborough (2)	Mercury	194.015 mph (312.237 km/h)

1971	A. J. Foyt	182.744 mph (294.098 km/h)

1972	Bobby Isaac	Dodge	186.632 mph (300.355 km/h)

1973	Buddy Baker (2)	185.662 mph (298.794 km/h)

1974	David Pearson	Chevrolet	185.017 mph (297.756 km/h) First season of 5900cc engine formula (358 cubic inches).

1975	Donnie Allison (1)	185.827 mph (299.060 km/h)

1976	Ramo Stott	183.456 mph (295.244 km/h)	Not fastest qualifier (see below)

1977	Donnie Allison (2)	188.048 mph (302.634 km/h)

1978	Cale Yarborough (3)	Oldsmobile	187.536 mph (301.810 km/h)

1979	Buddy Baker (4)	196.049 mph (315.510 km/h)

1980	194.099 mph (312.372 km/h)	Not fastest qualifier (see below); Won Daytona 500

1981	Bobby Allison	Pontiac	194.624 mph (313.217 km/h)

1982	Benny Parsons	196.317 mph (315.942 km/h)

1983	Ricky Rudd	Chevrolet	198.864 mph (320.041 km/h)	Not fastest qualifier (see below)

1984	Cale Yarborough (4)	201.848 mph (324.843 km/h)	Won Daytona 500

1985	Bill Elliott	Ford	205.114 mph (330.099 km/h)	Won Daytona 500

1986	205.039 mph (329.978 km/h)

1987	210.364 mph (338.548 km/h)	All-time track record; Won Daytona 500

1988	Ken Schrader	Chevrolet	193.823 mph (311.928 km/h)	1 inch plate

1989	196.996 mph (317.034 km/h)	1 inch plate	Also won first qualifying race

1990	196.515 mph (316.260 km/h)	15/16 inch plate	Geoff Bodine started on pole (see below)

1991	Davey Allison	Ford	195.955 mph (315.359 km/h)	29/32 inch plate

1992	Sterling Marlin	192.213 mph (309.337 km/h)	7/8 inch plate

1993	Kyle Petty	Pontiac	189.426 mph (304.852 km/h)	7/8 inch plate

1994	Loy Allen, Jr.	Ford	190.158 mph (306.030 km/h)	7/8 inch plate	Allen was the first rookie pole winner

1995	Dale Jarrett (1)	196.498 mph (316.233 km/h)	7/8 inch plate

1996	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	189.510 mph (304.987 km/h)	29/32 inch plate Compression ratio limit on engines established at 14:1.

1997	Mike Skinner	189.813 mph (305.474 km/h)	29/32 inch plate

1998	Bobby Labonte	Pontiac	192.415 mph (309.662 km/h)	29/32 inch plate Compression ratio limit on engines reduced to 12:1.

1999	Jeff Gordon (1)	Chevrolet	195.067 mph (313.930 km/h)	29/32 inch plate	Won Daytona 500

2000	Dale Jarrett (2)	Ford	191.091 mph (307.531 km/h)	29/32 inch plate	Won Daytona 500

2001	Bill Elliott (4)	Dodge	183.565 mph (295.419 km/h)	15/16 inch plate

2002	Jimmie Johnson (1)	Chevrolet	185.831 mph (299.066 km/h)	15/16 inch plate	Johnson's rookie season, having run only three races in 2001

2003	Jeff Green	186.606 mph (300.313 km/h)	7/8 inch plate

2004	Greg Biffle	Ford	188.387 mph (303.179 km/h)	29/32 inch plate	Engine failed in final practice; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. started first and won race (see below)

2005	Dale Jarrett (3)	188.312 mph (303.059 km/h)	57/64 inch plate

2006	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	189.151 mph (304.409 km/h)	57/64 inch plate

2007	David Gilliland	Ford	186.320 mph (299.853 km/h)	7/8 inch plate

2008	Jimmie Johnson (2)	Chevrolet	187.075 mph (301.068 km/h)	31/32 inch plate

2009	Martin Truex, Jr.	188.001 mph (302.558 km/h)	31/32 inch plate

2010	Mark Martin	191.188 mph (307.687 km/h)	63/64 inch plate	Oldest Daytona 500 pole-sitter at age of 51.

2011	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	186.089 mph (299.481 km/h)	29/32 inch plate	Crashed in Wednesday practice; Kurt Busch, who won the first Duel, started first. First race to use fuel injection system after engine formula changed.

2012	Carl Edwards	Ford	194.738 mph (313.400 km/h)

2013	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	196.434 mph (316.130 km/h)	First woman to win a pole in the Daytona 500 and first woman to win a pole in a Cup race.

2014	Austin Dillon	196.019 mph (315.462 km/h)	First time the No. 3 car has gone to the pole in Daytona since 1996, and the first appearance for the No.

2015	Jeff Gordon (2)	201.293 mph (323.950 km/h) (Q3)	Not fastest qualifier; Three-round Formula One-style group knockout qualifying used.

2016	Chase Elliott	196.314 mph (315.937 km/h) (Q2)	The youngest pole-sitter in 500 history at the age of 20. Indianapolis 500 style two-round qualifying system used (all cars take one round, then top 12 cars take a second round for pole).

2017	Chase Elliott (2)	192.872 mph (310.397 km/h) (Q2)	Second consecutive pole for Elliott and third consecutive for crew chief Alan Gustafson.

2018	Alex Bowman	195.644 mph (314.858 km/h)

2019	William Byron	194.305 mph (312.704 km/h)

Sentence(s)

In Daytona 500, Elliott won the pole with a speed of 196.314 miles per hour (315.937 km/h).

final_sentence: In Daytona 500, Elliott won the pole with a speed of 196.314 miles per hour (315.937 km/h).