Qualifying for 2012's Great American Race, the Daytona 500, is now complete. And yet we learned very little from 3 hour event. Carl Edwards will lead the field to the green to start the 500 on Sunday February 26th, 2012, and will also lead his Gatorade Duel race on Thursday. Greg Biffle earned the 2nd front row starting spot for the 500, and the pole position for his duel race. All other positions are still completely up for grabs.
Trevor Bayne, Tony Raines, and David Stremme have added themselves to the list of the top 35 drivers from last years owners points who are guaranteed to start the Daytona 500. The top 2 drivers in each Duel race will secure the spots behind the top 35 in owners points, and then the next 3 positions will be the 3 fastest from original qualifying who don't qualify under the previous 2 options. So right now that would be Bayne, Raines, and Stremme. But, if those drivers manage to be the top 2 in their duel race (among non-top 35 drivers) then that opens the door for the next 3 fastest qualifiers. Terry Labonte, or Bill Elliot are the next 2 in line respectively who could get the last starting spot based on using a past champions provisional. If Terry gets in in his duel or on time it goes to Bill. If Bill gets in on time the final spot goes to the 4th fastest qualifier from Sunday's original qualifying speeds. Make Sense?? Lost yet??
I'll be back with more updates after the duels on Thusrday which promise to be exciting, and we'll set up the Daytona 500 with some stats and predictions.
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