Coke Zero Sugar 400: Chase wins the pole! No, not that one, but Chase Briscoe | NASCAR
Chase Briscoe will start first in Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400.
The Stewart-Haas Racing driver, in the No. 14 Ford, won Friday’s qualifying with a lap averaging 181.822 mph around the 2.5-mile trioval. Starting alongside Briscoe will be Aric Almirola in the No. 10 Ford, another Stewart-Haas entry. He was a tick slower at 181.693.
"It’s cool for me to say I’m leading the field to green at Daytona," Briscoe said. "It’s a testament ot all the people at stewart-haas. To lock up the front row is super important to us. Hopefully one of us can win tomorrow, and hopefully it’s me."
The rest of the top 10: Harrison Burton, Bubba Wallace, Ty Gibbs, Riley Herbst, Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, Ryan Preece, Kevin Harvick.
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Of the four Stewart-Haas cars, only Kevin Harvick's No. 4 Ford is locked into the playoffs, which begin next week at Darlington.
"It's a unique situation we're in as a company," Briscoe said. "We have one car in and three out. I think all of us know, with how our season has been, if it comes down to two of us, we need to make sure one of us wins.
"A lot of people back at Stewart-Haas are needing us to make the playoffs. I do think all of us are at least conscious of it."
NASCAR starting lineup tomorrow ... Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona
Driver | Team |
1. Chase Briscoe | No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford |
2. Aric Almirola | No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford |
3. Harrison Burton | No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford |
4. Bubba Wallace | No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota |
5. Ty Gibbs | No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing |
6. Riley Herbst | No. 36 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
7. Kyle Larson | No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
8. Ryan Blaney | No. 12 Team Penske Ford |
9. Ryan Preece | No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford |
10. Kevin Harvick | No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford |
11. Chris Buescher | No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford |
12. Brad Keselowski | No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford |
13. Martin Truex Jr. | No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
14. Joey Logano | No. 22 Team Penske Ford |
15. Christopher Bell | No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Ford |
16. Austin Cindric | No. 2 Team Penske Ford |
17. AJ Allmendinger | No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet |
18. Kyle Busch | No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet |
19. Denny Hamlin | No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
20. Tyler Reddick | No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota |
21. Austin Dillon | No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet |
22. Daniel Suarez | No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
23. Chase Elliott | No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
24. Erik Jones | No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet |
25. Ross Chastain | No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
26. Austin Hill | No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet |
27. William Byron | No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
28. Justin Haley | No. 31 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet |
29. Josh Berry | No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet |
30. Ty Dillon | No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
31. Alex Bowman | No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
32. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | No. 47 JTG Daugherty Chevrolet |
33. JJ Yeley | No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford |
34. Brennan Poole | No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford |
35. Todd Gilliland | No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
36. Chandler Smith | No. 13 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet |
37. Corey LaJoie | No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
38. BJ McLeod | No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet |
39. Michael McDowell | No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: NASCAR starting lineup: Chase Briscoe claims Cup pole for Daytona
