Daytona – 51-year-old Mark Martin posted the fastest time beating out teammate Dale Earnhardt, Jr. by .068 seconds to take the pole for the Daytona 500. Martin turned in a lap of 191.188, one of twelve drivers who turned a lap over 190 mph.

Pos	No	Driver	Make	Time	Speed
1.	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	47.074	191.188
2.	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr..	Chevrolet	47.142	190.913
3.	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	47.225	190.577
4.	21	Bill Elliott	Ford	47.226	190.573
5.	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	47.267	190.408
6.	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	47.279	190.359
7.	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	47.279	190.359
8.	33	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	47.339	190.118
9.	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	47.355	190.054
10.	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	47.356	190.050
11.	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	47.356	190.050
12.	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	47.356	190.050
13.	82	Scott Speed	Toyota	47.379	189.958
14.	47	Marcos Ambrose	Toyota	47.429	189.757
15.	12	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	47.434	189.737
16.	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	47.441	189.709
17.	20	Joey Logano	Toyota	47.445	189.693
18.	71	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	47.452	189.665
19.	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	47.470	189.593
20.	151	>Michael Waltrip	Toyota	47.505	189.454
21.	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	47.525	189.374
22.	00	David Reutimann	Toyota	47.540	189.314
23.	98	Paul Menard	Ford	47.545	189.294
24.	6	David Ragan	Ford	47.548	189.282
25.	43	A.J. Allmendinger	Ford	47.555	189.255
26.	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	47.570	189.195
27.	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	47.601	189.072
28.	9	Kasey Kahne	Ford	47.605	189.056
29.	36	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	47.606	189.052
30.	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	47.620	188.996
31.	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	47.653	188.865
32.	7	Robby Gordon	Toyota	47.686	188.735
33.	56	Denny Hamlin.	Toyota	47.688	188.727
34.	78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	47.695	188.699
35.	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	47.713	188.628
36.	19	Elliott Sadler	Ford	47.737	188.533
37.	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	47.768	188.411
38.	132	Reed Sorenson	Toyota	47.773	188.391
39.	190	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	47.796	188.300
40.	13	Max Papis	Toyota	47.822	188.198
41.	49	David Gilliland	Toyota	47.932	187.766
42.	34	John Andretti	Ford	47.997	187.512
43.	197	Jeff Fuller	Toyota	48.035	187.363
44.	38	Robert Richardson Jr.	Ford	48.054	187.289
45.	37	Travis Kvapil	Ford	48.055	187.285
46.	09	Aric Almirola	Chevrolet	48.057	187.278
47.	46	Terry Cook*	Dodge	48.114	187.056
48.	26	Boris Said	Ford	48.152	186.908
49.	66	Dave Blaney	Toyota	48.321	186.254
50.	55	Michael McDowell	Toyota	48.407	185.923
51.	175	Derrike Cope	Dodge	48.638	185.040
52.	127	Kirk Shelmerdine	Toyota	48.805	184.407
53.	192	Mike Wallace	Dodge	49.267	182.678
54.	157	Norm Benning	Chevrolet	49.832	180.607
* Series rookie
** First and second positions are locked in
***Other positions will be determined by Duel races