As I've said in the past, Daytona 500 qualifying is very convoluted. Today's qualifying simply sets up the running order for Thursday's Duel 150s. Those races set up the actual running order. Only the front row is complete and Robert Yates Racing had the two fastest qualifiers. David Gilliland won the pole in his very first Daytona 500 in the #38 M & M's Ford. His teammate Ricky Rudd returned from a one year hiatus to be in the second position in the #88 Snickers Ford. The top 35 in 2006 owners points are locked into the field. The top three qualified cars that are nor locked in are now locked in. They are Boris Said-#60 No Fear Energy Drink Ford, Sterling Marlin-#14 Waste Management Chevy & Johnny Sauter-#70 Yellow Freight Chevy. Either Dale Jarrett or Bill Elliott will get a past champion provisional. That leaves four spots for the other 21 cars. Michael Waltrip's car was impounded after the race so we don't know about him yet. Anything can happen in Thursday's races and probably will. Some big name teams will miss this race.
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