Chase Elliott scored the pole position in the 59th Daytona 500 for the second year in a row.
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The other 40 drivers entered for the Daytona 500 will have to wait until the running of Thursday night’s two Can-Am Duel 150-mile races to find out where they’ll start the Daytona 500. “I’d like to get the pole”.
NASCAR made baseline concussion tests mandatory for all drivers in 2014, but expanded the protocol this year just nine days before the Daytona 500 with a consistent screening tool and additional neurological support in the hope of keeping drivers healthier.
“I think there was some confusion previous year”, Hamlin said Friday at Daytona International Speedway, via The Associated Press. “It was my fault, and we’ll get that (rear-view) mirror problem fixed for next week’s races”. No championship points will be awarded, but teams take advantage of the event to prepare for the official season opener, the Daytona 500, scheduled for February 26 at Daytona International Speedway. In the two Cup races at TMS last season, there was only one green-flag pass for the lead during laps 86-170. But there’s lots of races that go on before that. “There’s usually a lot of wrecks, and a lot of it is because we’re rusty”. “But it definitely adds some pressure to have probably the best speedway racer of our time in the booth calling the race”.
Elliott was quickest in the first round, while Earnhardt was second. We found a little more speed. Reed Sorenson and DJ Kennington are on the bubble – possibly advancing if Sadler or Gaughan are the top drivers in their respective qualifying races. This was qualifying, not racing. “If we get our auto driving good, the way the Daytona 500 works, you just never know until the end”.
Winning the Daytona 500 seven times – most recently in 1981 – racing legend Richard Petty is an aberration.
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“It’s owed to Alex, ” Earnhardt said. Many drivers have talked about perhaps driving when they shouldn’t have, so seeing how much that number increases could be a major story all season. We’ll get out there and practice.
