Daytona 500 - tidtagning
Debutant på 'pole position'
Montoya på 4. pladsen
Daytona 500 debutanten David Gilliland sikrede sig i nat dansk tid den foreløbige pole position til sæsonens første NASCAR løb, han satte en tid der var 0,185 sekund foran Robert Yates Racing teamkollegaen Ricky Rudd der var næsthurtigst.

Det er ikke kun David Gilliland der får sin Daytona 500 debut denne weekend, det samme gælder for den tidligere McLaren Formel 1 kører Juan Pablo Montoya, der nu kører for Ganassi teamet.
Montoya kørte sig til en startpossioion som nummer fire ud af de 61 deltagende kørere.

Daytona 500 - kvalifikationstiderne:

Pl.	#	Kører	Mærke	Tid	Mph.
1	38	David Gilliland	Ford	48.304	186.320
2	88	Ricky Rudd	Ford	48.489	185.609
3	40	David Stremme	Dodge	48.521	185.487
4	42	Juan Montoya*	Dodge	48.560	185.338
5	6	David Ragan*	Ford	48.570	185.300
6	160	Boris Said	Ford	48.593	185.212
7	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	48.628	185.079
8	14	Sterling Marlin	Chevrolet	48.663	184.945
9	70	Johnny Sauter	Chevrolet	48.688	184.850
10	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	48.710	184.767
11	25	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	48.745	184.634
12	5	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	48.778	184.509
13	11	Denny Hamlin	Chevrolet	48.794	184.449
14	00	David Reutimann*	Toyota	48.802	184.419
15	36	Jeremy Mayfield	Toyota	48.820	184.351
16	18	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	48.824	184.336
17	23	Mike Skinner	Toyota	48.827	184.324
18	20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	48.844	184.260
19	19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge	48.845	184.256
20	26	Jamie McMurray	Ford	48.857	184.211
21	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet	48.876	184.139
22	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	48.911	184.008
23	43	Bobby Labonte	Dodge	48.913	184.000
24	55	Michael Waltrip	Toyota	48.940	183.899
25	139	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	48.949	183.865
26	66	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	49.003	183.662
27	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	49.019	183.602
28	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	49.037	183.535
29	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	49.048	183.494
30	4	Ward Burton	Chevrolet	49.056	183.464
31	15	Paul Menard*	Chevrolet	49.066	183.426
32	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	49.092	183.329
33	01	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	49.109	183.266
34	96	Tony Raines	Chevrolet	49.155	183.094
35	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	49.162	183.068
36	7	Robby Gordon	Ford	49.167	183.050
37	22	Dave Blaney	Toyota	49.171	183.035
38	84	A.J. Allmendinger*	Toyota	49.219	182.856
39	07	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	49.242	182.771
40	34	Kevin Lepage	Dodge	49.258	182.711
41	37	Bill Elliott	Dodge	49.259	182.708
42	41	Reed Sorenson	Dodge	49.299	182.559
43	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	49.313	182.508
44	78	Kenny Wallace	Chevrolet	49.315	182.500
45	13	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	49.322	182.474
46	21	Ken Schrader	Ford	49.328	182.452
47	10	Scott Riggs	Dodge	49.332	182.437
48	44	Dale Jarrett	Toyota	49.434	182.061
49	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	49.445	182.020
50	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	49.457	181.976
51	171	Frank Kimmel	Ford	49.534	181.693
52	49	Mike Bliss	Dodge	49.576	181.540
53	104	Eric McClure	Chevrolet	49.650	181.269
54	130	Stanton Barrett	Chevrolet	49.679	181.163
55	27	Kirk Shelmerdine	Chevrolet	49.689	181.127
56	72	Brandon Whitt*	Chevrolet	49.869	180.473
57	74	Derrike Cope	Dodge	49.902	180.354
58	158	James Hylton	Chevrolet	50.101	179.637
59	109	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	52.538	171.305
60	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	DSQ
61	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	DSQ

* Rookie

Matt Kenseth (Ford) og Kasey Kahne (Dodge) blev frataget deres tider, da deres biller ikke passerede tekniskkontrol.

Hr. Nielsen