The ride of Chase Elliott in the No. 24 car starts with Speedweeks in Daytona. On Sunday the rookie put himself on the pole for the season opening Daytona 500.
Qualifying for the season opening Daytona 500 took place on Sunday and Elliott will lead a field of 40 cars whose ultimate starting spot will be determined after the Duels later this week.
Below you can read the qualifying results for the Daytona 500.
NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying Results
| POS. | CAR # | DRIVER | BEST SPEED | BEST TIME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | Chase Elliott | 196.314 | 45.845 |
| 2 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | 196.036 | 45.910 |
| 3 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | 195.682 | 45.993 |
| 4 | 18 | Kyle Busch | 195.207 | 46.105 |
| 5 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 195.118 | 46.126 |
| 6 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 194.839 | 46.192 |
| 7 | 21 | Ryan Blaney | 194.746 | 46.214 |
| 8 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 194.675 | 46.231 |
| 9 | 19 | Carl Edwards | 194.662 | 46.234 |
| 10 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 194.523 | 46.267 |
| 11 | 41 | Kurt Busch | 194.510 | 46.270 |
| 12 | 22 | Joey Logano | 194.460 | 46.282 |
| 13 | 13 | Casey Mears | 194.250 | 46.332 |
| 14 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | 194.104 | 46.367 |
| 15 | 31 | Ryan Newman | 194.099 | 46.368 |
| 16 | 27 | Paul Menard | 193.936 | 46.407 |
| 17 | 95 | Ty Dillon | 193.936 | 46.407 |
| 18 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 193.878 | 46.421 |
| 19 | 43 | Aric Almirola | 193.753 | 46.451 |
| 20 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 193.665 | 46.472 |
| 21 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | 193.399 | 46.536 |
| 22 | 44 | Brian Scott | 193.332 | 46.552 |
| 23 | 42 | Kyle Larson | 192.938 | 46.647 |
| 24 | 93 | Matt DiBenedetto | 192.686 | 46.708 |
| 25 | 59 | Michael McDowell | 192.604 | 46.728 |
| 26 | 7 | Regan Smith | 192.542 | 46.743 |
| 27 | 83 | Michael Waltrip | 192.406 | 46.776 |
| 28 | 34 | Chris Buescher | 192.365 | 46.786 |
| 29 | 10 | Danica Patrick | 192.291 | 46.804 |
| 30 | 32 | Bobby Labonte | 191.808 | 46.922 |
| 31 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | 191.583 | 46.977 |
| 32 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | 191.436 | 47.013 |
| 33 | 46 | Michael Annett | 191.302 | 47.046 |
| 34 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | 191.249 | 47.059 |
| 35 | 38 | Landon Cassill | 191.192 | 47.073 |
| 36 | 26 | Robert Richardson | 190.496 | 47.245 |
| 37 | 98 | Cole Whitt | 190.375 | 47.275 |
| 38 | 35 | David Gilliland | 189.350 | 47.531 |
| 39 | 23 | David Ragan | 189.068 | 47.602 |
| 40 | 30 | Josh Wise | 187.282 | 48.056 |
| 41 | 40 | Reed Sorenson | 181.163 | 49.679 |
| 42 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 43 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 44 | 14 | Brian Vickers | 0.000 | 0.000 |
