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Daytona 500 Bud Pole Qualifying Results - Front Row Set

6 February 1999

Bud Pole Qualifying for the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway determined the race's top 2 starting positions. Jeff Gordon will start on the pole with Tony Stewart beside him on the outside of row one. The remainder of the starting grid will be set by next Thursday's Gatorade Twin 125s

Press Conference with this year's front row: Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart
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Here are the results of today's qualifications:


Daytona 500
Bud Pole Qualifying Results


Pos NO Driver                Make     Time    Speed
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 1  24 Jeff Gordon           Chev    46.138  195.067 
 2  20 Tony Stewart          Pont    46.249  194.599
 3  33 Ken Schrader          Chev    46.260  194.553 
 4  31 Mike Skinner          Chev    46.264  194.536 
 5   6 Mark Martin           Ford    46.345  194.196 
 6   2 Rusty Wallace         Ford    46.347  194.187 
 7   5 Terry Labonte         Chev    46.356  194.150 
 8  36 Ernie Irvan           Pont    46.397  193.978 
 9   7 Michael Waltrip       Chev    46.401  193.961 
10   3 Dale Earnhardt        Chev    46.424  193.865 
11  99 Jeff Burton           Ford    46.442  193.790 
12  12 Jeremy Mayfield       Ford    46.448  193.765 
13  40 Sterling Marlin       Chev    46.474  193.657 
14  42 Joe Nemechek          Chev    46.481  193.628 
15  55 Kenny Wallace         Chev    46.513  193.494 
16   4 Bobby Hamilton        Chev    46.529  193.428 
17  25 Wally Dallenbach Jr   Chev    46.564  193.282 
18  88 Dale Jarrett          Ford    46.571  193.253 
19  18 Bobby Labonte         Pont    46.593  193.162 
20  44 Kyle Petty            Pont    46.593  193.162 
21   9 Jerry Nadeau          Ford    46.608  193.100 
22  22 Ward Burton           Pont    46.634  192.992 
23  98 Rick Mast             Ford    46.698  192.728 
24  45 Rich Bickle           Pont    46.748  192.522 
25  43 John Andretti         Pont    46.768  192.439 
26   1 Steve Park            Chev    46.781  192.386 
27  97 Chad Little           Ford    46.795  192.328 
28  23 Jimmy Spencer         Ford    46.808  192.275 
29  11 Brett Bodine          Ford    46.812  192.258 
30  50 Dan Pardus            Chev    46.849  192.107 
31  60 Geoffrey Bodine       Chev    46.855  192.082 
32  71 Dave Marcis           Chev    46.886  191.955 
33  10 Ricky Rudd            Ford    46.904  191.881 
34  28 Kenny Irwin           Ford    47.005  191.469 
35  77 Robert Pressley       Ford    47.028  191.375 
36  94 Bill Elliott          Ford    47.126  190.977 
37  30 Derrike Cope          Pont    47.213  190.625 
38  21 Elliott Sadler        Ford    47.218  190.605 
39  26 Johnny Benson         Ford    47.231  190.553 
40  16 Kevin Lepage          Ford    47.268  190.404 
41  66 Darrell Waltrip       Ford    47.276  190.371 
42  91 Steve Grissom         Chev    47.286  190.331 
43  75 Ted Musgrave          Ford    47.311  190.231 
44  00 Buckshot Jones        Pont    47.458  189.641 
45  41 David Green           Chev    47.499  189.478 
46  47 Billy Standridge      Ford    47.509  189.438 
47  58 Ricky Craven          Ford    47.529  189.358 
48  84 Stanton Barrett       Chev    47.661  188.834 
49  80 Andy Hillenburg       Ford    47.777  188.375 
50  15 Jeff Green            Ford    47.881  187.966 
51  73 Ken Bouchard          Chev    48.139  186.959 
52  90 Mike Harmon           Ford    48.304  186.320 
53  78 Gary Bradberry        Ford    48.306  186.312 
54  81 Morgan Shepherd       Ford    48.384  186.012 
55  48 Glen Morgan           Chev    48.488  185.613 
56  59 Mark Gibson           Ford    48.593  185.212 
57  79 Norm Benning          Chev    51.163  175.908 
58  13 Dick Trickle          Ford    00.000    0.000