Carl Edwards wins Daytona 500 pole position
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – mulberry bags After bumper-to-bumper traffic returned Saturday to the high banks of Daytona International Speedway, Sunday was Roush hour at the 2.5-mile speedway.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., last year’s pole-sitter, was third fastest, followed by Marcos Ambrose and Casey Mears.
Edwards, who notched his 11th career pole in NASCAR’s premier series, and Biffle claimed the only starting spots awarded for Sunday’s 54th running of the Great American Race, whose field will be completed by two qualifying races Thursday. But Ford showed its strength in qualifying by posting six of the top nine speeds. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who is defending his Nationwide Series title this year with Roush Fenway, posted the eighth-fastest lap in the No. 6 (which the team won’t be fielding full time because of a lack of sponsorship), and defending Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne, who is under contract to Roush but being farmed out to Wood Brothers Racing for the second consecutive season, locked the No. 21 Fusion into the field with the ninth-fastest lap- mulberry sale .
Danica Patrick, making her first-ever qualifying lap in a Cup event, was 29th (191.738 mph) out of 49 cars, though she’s already locked into the race by virtue of a deal that got her No. 10 Chevrolet the owners points accrued in 2011 by the No. 36 Chevy of Tommy Baldwin Racing .
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