Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle swept the top two spots in Daytona 500 qualifying for Roush Fenway Racing, which proved its Fords hadn’t lost their edge after narrowly missing last year’s Sprint Cup championship and since weathering a downsizing from four to three cars.
Biffle, the ninth driver in the order, posted a lap at 194.087 m.p.h. Biffle was the fastest in each of Saturday’s two practice sessions.
“[The team] has worked so hard on these race cars, and I feel bad for [crew chief] Matt [Puccia],” Biffle said. “Matt has put in a tremendous amount of time on this car to get us on the front row. We missed the pole by just a little bit.”
In the 500’s unique qualifying format, only the first two spots are locked in by qualifying. The rest of the 43-car field will be determined by Thursday’s 150-mile qualifying races, qualifying speeds and provisional starting spots.
Among the “go-or-go-home” drivers, defending race champion Trevor Bayne, Tony Raines and David Stremme ran fast enough Sunday to guarantee starting spots in the 500. FOX News
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 16 Greg Biffle Ford 2 13 Casey Mears Ford 3 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 4 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 5 55 Mark Martin Toyota 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 7 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 8 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 9 20 Joey Logano Toyota 10 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 11 26 Tony Raines Ford 12 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 13 109 Kenny Wallace Toyota 14 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 15 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 16 33 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 17 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 18 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 19 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 20 97 Bill Elliott Toyota 21 93 David Reutimann Toyota 22 23 Robert Richardson Jr. Toyota 23 249 J.J. Yeley Toyota 24 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota
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