Alex Bowman puts No. 88 on the shaft at Daytona
Alex Bowman put an old commonplace auto over the Daytona 500 leaderboard.
Bowman won the shaft for "The Incomparable American Race" in his presentation as the official driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet, guided until the point that last season by NASCAR hero Dale Earnhardt Jr. Six of Earnhardt's 17 vocation triumphs at Daytona Global Speedway came in that auto, including one of his Daytona 500 triumphs.
Earnhardt was a seven-time shaft champ at Daytona, as well. Presently resigned, the unfilled seat in the No. 88 went to Bowman and he squandered no time making the Camaro his own. Bowman turned a lap at 195.644 mph on Sunday to acquire the best beginning spot for the Daytona 500.
"I believe it's still somewhat dreamlike," said Bowman, who will race in his second Daytona 500.
"It's a blessing from heaven just to drive for Hendrick Motorsports," Bowman said. "I never would have figured it would occur after the way my profession took."
Denny Hamlin, the 2016 champ, qualified second in a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Hustling with a lap at 195.092. Just the best two autos were bolted into next Sunday's season-opening race in this round of qualifying. The rest of the field will be set by a couple of qualifying races on Thursday.
Bowman was a driver attempting to sort out a timetable when Earnhardt was harmed in 2016. Earnhardt missed the second 50% of that season with a blackout and Bowman was selected to fill in for 10 of those races.
The 24-year-old from Arizona awed Rick Hendrick enough that when Earnhardt said he would resign toward the finish of 2017, Bowman landed the position.
He made his supervisor glad, as well, with the shaft winning run. Hendrick is currently tied with Harry Ranier for the record of most successive Daytona 500 shafts at four. Jeff Gordon won the post in 2015, Pursue Elliott won it the previous two seasons and now Bowman has the respect.
Bowman made light of his part.
"I simply held the controlling wheel. It's Daytona," he said.
Undoubtedly, shaft qualifying is a show of strength and there's most likely that Hendrick Motorsports has it for "The Incomparable American Race."
Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson was third quickest, freshman William Byron was fifth and Elliott was tenth in Hendrick motors. The driver just turns the laps on qualifying day, and the quickest autos move to the best.
"We knew we were going for the post, that is what we're here to do," Bowman said. "I was somewhat apprehensive for that second round, however we took off well on pit street and did all that I could do. This truly come down to the group, everyone works so hard."
Earnhardt tweeted congrats to his substitution, who likewise won a Glass shaft while filling in for Earnhardt in 2016. Bowman dashed only three times on the national level last season, two Xfinity Arrangement races and one in the Truck Arrangement, and filled his chance utilizing a test system as he sat tight for Earnhardt to resign.
Hamlin was excited to have earned such a solid beginning spot at second.
"I reasonably set my desires and would have been content with eighteenth," Hamlin said. "This left the blue for me and is an awesome open door for me to win a moment Daytona 500."
The Toyotas were quick, however, and every one of the four JGR sections were in the best seven Sunday. Kyle Busch was fourth, Erik Jones 6th and Daniel Suarez seventh.
Shielding NASCAR champion Martin Truex Jr., additionally a Toyota driver, was 26th and scanning for a similar speed the Gibbs autos showed.
"Speed-wise we've been off somewhat here," Truex said. "I don't have the foggiest idea, new guidelines bundle and all, we're simply endeavoring to make sense of that. There's not a mess you can do when you get down here. You sort of got what you got. We will trust that our auto handles better than average and we can out drive them in race trim."
Kurt Busch, champ of the Daytona 500 a year ago, was seventeenth quickest. His Stewart-Haas Hustling partner Kevin Harvick had the quickest Passage at eighth and was trailed by Roush Fenway Dashing driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who won two plate races last season. Passage drivers won each of the four of last season's restrictor plate races, where the quality of a motor is a standout amongst the most imperative apparatuses.
"I didn't figure we would run that quick," Harvick conceded. "The speed is superior to anything we anticipated."
Danica Patrick was 28th in her last NASCAR single-auto qualifying session. She's hustling in just the Daytona 500 and afterward the Indianapolis 500 in May before she resigns as a race auto driver.
"Everything is the same as it was before to the extent appearing to Daytona without having driven since Residence, so that is the same," she said.
Bowman won the shaft for "The Incomparable American Race" in his presentation as the official driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet, guided until the point that last season by NASCAR hero Dale Earnhardt Jr. Six of Earnhardt's 17 vocation triumphs at Daytona Global Speedway came in that auto, including one of his Daytona 500 triumphs.
Earnhardt was a seven-time shaft champ at Daytona, as well. Presently resigned, the unfilled seat in the No. 88 went to Bowman and he squandered no time making the Camaro his own. Bowman turned a lap at 195.644 mph on Sunday to acquire the best beginning spot for the Daytona 500.
"I believe it's still somewhat dreamlike," said Bowman, who will race in his second Daytona 500.
"It's a blessing from heaven just to drive for Hendrick Motorsports," Bowman said. "I never would have figured it would occur after the way my profession took."
Denny Hamlin, the 2016 champ, qualified second in a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Hustling with a lap at 195.092. Just the best two autos were bolted into next Sunday's season-opening race in this round of qualifying. The rest of the field will be set by a couple of qualifying races on Thursday.
Bowman was a driver attempting to sort out a timetable when Earnhardt was harmed in 2016. Earnhardt missed the second 50% of that season with a blackout and Bowman was selected to fill in for 10 of those races.
The 24-year-old from Arizona awed Rick Hendrick enough that when Earnhardt said he would resign toward the finish of 2017, Bowman landed the position.
He made his supervisor glad, as well, with the shaft winning run. Hendrick is currently tied with Harry Ranier for the record of most successive Daytona 500 shafts at four. Jeff Gordon won the post in 2015, Pursue Elliott won it the previous two seasons and now Bowman has the respect.
Bowman made light of his part.
"I simply held the controlling wheel. It's Daytona," he said.
Undoubtedly, shaft qualifying is a show of strength and there's most likely that Hendrick Motorsports has it for "The Incomparable American Race."
Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson was third quickest, freshman William Byron was fifth and Elliott was tenth in Hendrick motors. The driver just turns the laps on qualifying day, and the quickest autos move to the best.
"We knew we were going for the post, that is what we're here to do," Bowman said. "I was somewhat apprehensive for that second round, however we took off well on pit street and did all that I could do. This truly come down to the group, everyone works so hard."
Earnhardt tweeted congrats to his substitution, who likewise won a Glass shaft while filling in for Earnhardt in 2016. Bowman dashed only three times on the national level last season, two Xfinity Arrangement races and one in the Truck Arrangement, and filled his chance utilizing a test system as he sat tight for Earnhardt to resign.
Hamlin was excited to have earned such a solid beginning spot at second.
"I reasonably set my desires and would have been content with eighteenth," Hamlin said. "This left the blue for me and is an awesome open door for me to win a moment Daytona 500."
The Toyotas were quick, however, and every one of the four JGR sections were in the best seven Sunday. Kyle Busch was fourth, Erik Jones 6th and Daniel Suarez seventh.
Shielding NASCAR champion Martin Truex Jr., additionally a Toyota driver, was 26th and scanning for a similar speed the Gibbs autos showed.
"Speed-wise we've been off somewhat here," Truex said. "I don't have the foggiest idea, new guidelines bundle and all, we're simply endeavoring to make sense of that. There's not a mess you can do when you get down here. You sort of got what you got. We will trust that our auto handles better than average and we can out drive them in race trim."
Kurt Busch, champ of the Daytona 500 a year ago, was seventeenth quickest. His Stewart-Haas Hustling partner Kevin Harvick had the quickest Passage at eighth and was trailed by Roush Fenway Dashing driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who won two plate races last season. Passage drivers won each of the four of last season's restrictor plate races, where the quality of a motor is a standout amongst the most imperative apparatuses.
"I didn't figure we would run that quick," Harvick conceded. "The speed is superior to anything we anticipated."
Danica Patrick was 28th in her last NASCAR single-auto qualifying session. She's hustling in just the Daytona 500 and afterward the Indianapolis 500 in May before she resigns as a race auto driver.
"Everything is the same as it was before to the extent appearing to Daytona without having driven since Residence, so that is the same," she said.
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