Carl Edwards is on the pole for the Budweiser Shootout on Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway. The starting lineup for the 24-car field was determined by a draw Thursday night.
The 75-lap exhibition will be broken into segments of 25 and 50 laps.
“From what I’ve seen so far, there might not be many cars left after the first 25,” said Edwards, referring to crashes in practice Thursday. “This race is going to be very interesting. It’s going to spread out a little bit. It’s going to become a handling race. It doesn’t matter where you start unless if somebody misses a gear, we’ll be in front of it.”
The last time Edwards had been on a pole for a Cup Series event was at Bristol in August 2008.
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 99 Carl Edwards Ford 2 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 3 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 4 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 5 16 Greg Biffle Ford 6 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 7 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 8 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 9 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 10 34 John Andretti Ford 11 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 12 71 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 13 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 14 82 Ken Schrader Toyota 15 151 Michael Waltrip Toyota 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 17 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 18 175 Derrike Cope Dodge 19 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 20 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 21 20 Joey Logano Toyota 22 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 23 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 24 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota
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