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On Friday evening, the NASCAR Cup Series dodged the storms in Florida and held the qualifying session for this weekend's Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
The qualifying session consisted of two rounds. All 40 cars in the field attempted a lap in the first round, and from there, the 10 fastest drivers in round one advanced to the second and final round. Those drivers then made a second lap and that determined the starting positions first through 10th. The 11th through 40th starting positions were set based on speed in the first round among the drivers that didn't advance.
The 10 drivers that were fastest in round one that advanced to the final round of qualifying were: Todd Gilliland, Michael McDowell, Joey Logano, Kyle Larson, Austin Cindric, Ryan Preece, Josh Berry, Chase Briscoe, William Byron, and Chase Elliott.
Daytona Coke Zero Sugar 400 Starting Lineup
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| Pos | Driver | Time | Speed |
| 1. | Michael McDowell | 49.136 | 183.165 |
| 2. | Todd Gilliland | 49.234 | 182.801 |
| 3. | Joey Logano | 49.358 | 182.341 |
| 4. | Ryan Preece | 49.366 | 182.312 |
| 5. | Josh Berry | 49.397 | 182.197 |
| 6. | Chase Briscoe | 49.398 | 182.194 |
| 7. | William Byron | 49.435 | 182.057 |
| 8. | Austin Cindric | 49.451 | 181.998 |
| 9. | Kyle Larson | 49.478 | 181.899 |
| 10. | Chase Elliott | 49.518 | 181.752 |
| 11. | Kyle Busch | 49.556 | 181.613 |
| 12. | Brad Keselowski | 49.575 | 181.543 |
| 13. | Chris Buescher | 49.584 | 181.510 |
| 14. | Ryan Blaney | 49.587 | 181.499 |
| 15. | Noah Gragson | 49.612 | 181.408 |
| 16. | Austin Dillon | 49.614 | 181.400 |
| 17. | Martin Truex Jr. | 49.677 | 181.170 |
| 18. | Bubba Wallace | 49.690 | 181.123 |
| 19. | Denny Hamlin | 49.722 | 181.006 |
| 20. | Harrison Burton | 49.724 | 180.999 |
| 21. | Alex Bowman | 49.741 | 180.937 |
| 22. | Daniel Suarez | 49.767 | 180.843 |
| 23. | Austin Hill | 49.769 | 180.835 |
| 24. | Ross Chastain | 49.772 | 180.825 |
| 25. | Tyler Reddick | 49.774 | 180.817 |
| 26. | Ty Gibbs | 49.792 | 180.752 |
| 27. | Christopher Bell | 49.794 | 180.745 |
| 28. | Daniel Hemric | 49.820 | 180.650 |
| 29. | Parker Retzlaff | 49.821 | 180.647 |
| 30. | Zane Smith | 49.844 | 180.563 |
| 31. | John Hunter Nemechek | 49.847 | 180.552 |
| 32. | Shane Van Gisbergen | 49.882 | 180.426 |
| 33. | Cody Ware | 49.924 | 180.274 |
| 34. | Corey LaJoie | 49.927 | 180.263 |
| 35. | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 50.057 | 179.795 |
| 36. | Justin Haley | 50.065 | 179.766 |
| 37. | Carson Hocevar | 50.079 | 179.716 |
| 38. | BJ McLeod | 50.721 | 177.441 |
| 39. | Joey Gase | 51.395 | 175.114 |
| 40. | Erik Jones | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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