page_title: List of Daytona 500 pole position winners
section_title: Consecutive Daytona 500 pole winners
hierarchical_section_title: List of Daytona 500 pole position winners / Statistics / Consecutive Daytona 500 pole winners
caption_attribution_description: en:NASCAR driver en:Ken Schrader at en:Texas Motor Speedway
context_page_description: Daytona 500 pole position winners for the NASCAR Cup Series's Daytona 500 are rewarded with being the driver to lead the field across the start line at the beginning of the 200-lap 500-mile race. Pole qualifying for the Daytona 500 is held one weekend before the race at the Daytona International Speedway. The driver to complete the fastest single lap in the final of three rounds in the knockout qualifying session around the 2.5-mile high-banked tri-oval superspeedway earns the pole position. The first Daytona 500 was held in 1959 and in 1982, it became the opening event for the NASCAR Cup season. The term "pole position" was originally coined in the American horse racing industry, and indicated the position of the starter being next to the "poles", which established the boundaries of the course. The two drivers who complete a lap with the fastest time are awarded the first and second starting positions for the Daytona 500. An additional 33 to 35 entrants are determined by a combination of the results of two qualifying races and the position of the team in the previous season's point rankings.
context_section_description: 3 consecutive
  Fireball Roberts (1961–1963)
  Bill Elliott (1985–1987)
  Ken Schrader (1988–1990)
  2 consecutive
  Buddy Baker (1979–1980)
  Chase Elliott (2016–2017)
caption: Ken Schrader was the Daytona 500 pole winner for three consecutive years (1988–1990)
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