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Team Chevy driver Mark Martin, No. 5 GoDaddy.com Impala started the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) season off in great style by winning the pole for the Feb. 14th 52nd annual Daytona 500. It is the 51-year old driver’s 49th career pole, but his first for the Great American race.
With today’s accomplishment, Martin becomes the oldest driver in NASCAR history to capture the number one starting position for the season-opening race.
It is the 19th time Chevrolet has captured the Daytona 500 pole, more than any other manufacturer.
Also locked in to the February 14th Daytona 500 is Dale Earnhardt, Jr., No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Impala, with his second place qualifying effort today.
The one-two effort by the Hendrick Motorsports drivers will put each of them on the pole for one of the two Gatorade Duel at Daytona 150-mile races on Thursday, February 11, 2010. Martin will start on the pole of race number one with Earnhardt, Jr. on the pole of the second qualifying race. The remainder of the 43-car field will be set based on the results of the Thursday events.
Four of the top-five and seven of the top-10 qualifiers are Chevy Impala drivers. Ryan Newman, No. 39 US Army Impala, qualified third with Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 42 Target Impala, setting the fifth fastest time.
Defending and four-time NSCS champion Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Impala, posted the sixth quickest time. Clint Bowyer, No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Impala, qualified eighth and four-time NSCS champion Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Impala, was the 10th fastest in qualifying.
A total of 54 cars made qualifying runs in an attempt to make the Daytona 500 starting field.
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 3 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 4 21 Bill Elliott Ford 5 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 6 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 7 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 8 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 9 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 10 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 11 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 12 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 13 82 Scott Speed Toyota 14 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 15 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 16 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 17 20 Joey Logano Toyota 18 71 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 19 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 20 151 Michael Waltrip Toyota 21 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 22 0 David Reutimann Toyota 23 98 Paul Menard Ford 24 6 David Ragan Ford 25 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 26 99 Carl Edwards Ford 27 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 28 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 29 36 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 30 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 31 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 32 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 33 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 34 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 35 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 36 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 37 16 Greg Biffle Ford 38 132 Reed Sorenson Toyota 39 190 Casey Mears Chevrolet 40 13 Max Papis Toyota 41 49 David Gilliland Toyota 42 34 John Andretti Ford 43 197 Jeff Fuller Toyota 44 38 Robert Richardson Jr. Ford 45 37 Travis Kvapil Ford 46 9 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 47 46 Terry Cook* Dodge 48 26 Boris Said Ford 49 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 50 55 Michael McDowell Toyota 51 175 Derrike Cope Dodge 52 127 Kirk Shelmerdine Toyota 53 192 Mike Wallace Dodge 54 157 Norm Benning Chevrolet
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