Much of the buzz surrounding the 2019 Daytona 500 has been about the new Ford Mustang. All the blue oval drivers and teams have been praising how much better this car will be than the Fusion. Nobody tell the guys at Hendrick Motorsports, because they just made a statement in Daytona 500 Qualifying.
William Byron in the #24 Axalta Chevy ran the fastest time of 46.319 to secure the pole for the Great American Race. Alex Bowman will start beside him on the outside pole with a time of 46.355. Hendrick has the next row covered as well with Jimmie Johnson 3rd and Chase Elliott in 4th.
Byron’s pole makes it five straight times that a Hendrick Motorsports driver will lead the field to green in the Daytona 500. In 2015 it was Jeff Gordon, Chase Elliott in 2016 & 2017, while Alex Bowman was last year’s fastest qualifier. In addition to being five straight for Hendrick, this marks the 700th Cup Series Pole for Chevrolet.
Full Qualifying Results
- 24-William Byron
- 88-Alex Bowman
- 48-Jimmie Johnson
- 9-Chase Elliott
- 8-Daniel Hemric
- 22-Joey Logano
- 19-Martin Truex Jr.
- 14-Clint Bowyer
- 2-Brad Keselowski
- 3-Austin Dillon
- 21-Paul Menard
- 11-Denny Hamlin
- 18-Kyle Busch
- 20-Erik Jones
- 4-Kevin Harvick
- 31-Tyler Reddick
- 12-Ryan Blaney
- 17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- 10-Aric Almirola
- 41-Daniel Suarez
- 1-Kurt Busch
- 37-Chris Buescher
- 38-David Ragan
- 6-Ryan Newman
- 34-Michael McDowell
- 27-Casey Mears
- 71-Ryan Truex
- 47-Ryan Preece
- 40-Jamie McMurray
- 95-Matt DiBenedetto
- 62-Brendan Gaughan
- 42-Kyle Larson
- 43-Bubba Wallace
- 13-Ty Dillon
- 36-Matt Tifft
- 96-Parker Kligerman
- 15-Ross Chastain
- 00-Landon Cassill
- 32-Corey Lajoie
- 52-Cody Ware
- 51-BJ McLeod
- 66-Joey Gase
Nate Zimmerly is the Co-Owner of FifthTurn.com, which covers all things NASCAR. He loves NASCAR Racing more than he probably should and works full-time at Chick-fil-A to support his addictions to NASCAR and DraftKings.
