2001 Daytona 500 starting grid
The grid for Sunday's Daytona 500 is finally set after Thursday's Gatorade Twin 125-mile Qualifying races.
After taking the front row in last Saturday's Bud Pole Qualifying, it gets even better for Winston Cup returnee Dodge: 20 years after last officially competing in the NASCAR Winston Cup, Intrepid R/Ts will start from the top three slots after Sterling Marlin's victory in the first 'Twin'.
Chevrolet takes places four to seven, with Fords in the eighth and ninth places and Ward Burton's Dodge making it four of the DaimlerChrysler marque's entries in the top 10.
The 43-car grid is made up in the following way:
Top two times from Saturday's Bud Pole Qualifying.
Top 15 finishers from each 'Twin', not including the top two from Bud Pole Qualifying.
Overall fastest speeds from Saturday and Monday qualifying for cars not in from 'Twins'.
Provisionals based on 2000 car owner points and for previous Winston Cup Champions who have not qualified from 'Twins' or on qualifying speed.
Daytona (USA), February 18
200 laps, 500 miles
1 9 Bill Elliott, Dodge
2 92 Stacy Compton, Dodge
3 40 Sterling Marlin, Dodge
4 31 Mike Skinner, Chevrolet
5 25 Jerry Nadeau, Chevrolet
6 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet
7 3 Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet
8 99 Jeff Burton, Ford
9 96 Andy Houston, Ford
10 22 Ward Burton, Dodge
11 26 Jimmy Spencer, Ford
12 2 Rusty Wallace, Ford
13 24 Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet
14 36 Ken Schrader, Pontiac
15 01 Jason Leffler, Dodge
16 17 Matt Kenseth, Ford
17 51 Jeff Purvis, Ford
18 32 Ricky Craven, Ford
19 15 Michael Waltrip, Chevrolet
20 93 Dave Blaney, Dodge
21 19 Casey Atwood, Dodge
22 6 Mark Martin, Ford
23 27 Kenny Wallace, Pontiac
24 20 Tony Stewart, Pontiac
25 1 Steve Park, Chevrolet
26 97 Kurt Busch, Ford
27 7 Mike Wallace, Ford
28 45 Kyle Petty, Dodge
29 44 Buckshot Jones, Dodge
30 28 Ricky Rudd, Ford
31 88 Dale Jarrett, Ford
32 33 Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet
33 10 Johnny Benson, Pontiac
34 5 Terry Labonte, Chevrolet
35 55 Bobby Hamilton, Chevrolet
36 43 John Andretti, Dodge
37 18 Bobby Labonte, Pontiac
38 12 Jeremy Mayfield, Ford
39 77 Robert Pressley, Ford
40 21 Elliott Sadler, Ford
41 4 Robby Gordon, Chevrolet
42 14 Ron Hornaday, Pontiac
43 11 Brett Bodine, Ford
Dave Marcis, Chevrolet
Dwayne Leik, Chevrolet
Todd Bodine, Ford
Morgan Shepherd, Ford
Hut Stricklin, Ford
Norm Benning, Chevrolet
Derrike Cope, Pontiac
Rick Mast, Chevrolet
Carl Long, Ford
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