Carl Edwards will start next Sunday's Daytona 500 from pole position with his Roush Fenway Racing team mate Gr✅eg Biffle will start alongside him on the front row

Trevor Bayne, Tony Rain🌸es and David Stremme are alꦗso now guaranteed starting spots in the race, along with Terry Labonte who makes it thanks to a champion's provisional.

Outside the front row, the actual starting positions are not set by this weekend's qualifying. Instead, the runni🐭ng order will be finalised by Thursday's Gatorade Duels, as will the final still-vacant slots on the grid which will be fought over by Kenny Wallace, Dave Blaney, Michael Waltrip, Joe Nenechek, Bill Elliott, Mike Wallace, Robert🦂 Richardson Jr., Robby Gordon and JJ Yeley.

Daytona 500 qualifying times

1. #99 Carl Edwards Ford 46.216s (Leader) 194.738mph
2. #16 Greg Biffle Ford 46.371s (-0.155) 194.087mph
3. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 46.385s (-0.169) 194.028mph
4. #9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 46.392s (-0.176) 193.999mph
5. #13 Casey Mears Ford 46.429s (-0.213) 193.844mph
6. #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 46.439s (-0.223) 193.803mph
7. #56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 46.472s (-0.256) 193.665mph
8. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 46.472s (-0.256) 193.665mph
9. #21 Trevor Bayne Ford 46.484s (-0.268) 193.615mph
10. #14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 46.486s (-0.270) 193.607mph
11. #55 Mark Martin Toyota 46.511s (-0.295) 193.503mph
12. #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 46.524s (-0.308) 193.449mph
13. #43 Aric Almirola Ford 46.540s (-0.324) 193.382mph
14. #27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 46.542s (-0.326) 193.374mph
15. #34 David Ragan Ford 46.572s (-0.356) 193.249mph
16. #17 Matt Kenseth Ford 46.573s (-0.357) 193.245mph
17. #39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 46.578s (-0.362) 193.224mph
18. #22 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge 46.603s (-0.387) 193.121mph
19. #2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 46.634s (-0.418) 192.992mph
20. #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 46.653s (-0.437) 192.914mph
21. #20 Joey Logano Toyota 46.664s (-0.448) 192.868mph
22. #15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 46.670s (-0.454) 192.843mph
23. #31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 46.686s (-0.470) 192.777mph
24. #42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 46.729s (-0.513) 192.600mph
25. #5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 46.733s (-0.517) 192.583mph
26. #26 Tony Raines Ford 46.745s (-0.529) 192.534mph
27. #30 David Stremme Toyota 46.884s (-0.668) 191.963mph
28. #18 Kyle Busch Toyota 46.906s (-0.690) 191.873mph
29. #1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 46.914s (-0.698) 191.840mph
30. #10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 46.939s (-0.723) 191.738mph
31. #109 Kenny Wallace Toyota 46.981s (-0.765) 191.567mph
32. #32 Terry Labonte Ford 46.992s (-0.776) 191.522mph
33. #36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 46.996s (-0.780) 191.506mph
34. #51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 47.031s (-0.815) 191.363mph
35. #33 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 47.054s (-0.838) 191.270mph
36. #140 Michael Waltrip Toyota 47.076s (-0.860) 191.180mph
37. #87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 47.081s (-0.865) 191.160mph
38. #11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 47.089s (-0.873) 191.127mph
39. #78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 47.105s (-0.889) 191.062mph
40. #98 Michael McDowell Ford 47.123s (-0.907) 190.990mph
41. #83 Landon Cassill Toyota 47.218s (-1.002) 190.605mph
42. #38 David Gilliland Ford 47.357s (-1.141) 190.046mph
43. #47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 47.363s (-1.147) 190.022mph
44. #97 Bill Elliott Toyota 47.381s (-1.165) 189.950mph
45. #37 Mike Wallace Ford 47.405s (-1.189) 189.853mph
46. #93 David Reutimann Toyota 47.560s (-1.344) 189.235mph
47. #23 Robert Richardson Jr. Toyota 47.761s (-1.545) 188.438mph
48. #7 Robby Gordon Dodge 47.814s (-1.598) 188.229mph
49. #249 J.J. Yeley Toyota 47.884s (-1.668) 187.954mph