Qualifying report
NASCAR Cup Daytona II
Chase Briscoe takes Daytona Cup pole in SHR 1-2
A very difficult season for Chase Briscoe got a bit brighter on Friday as he won the pole for Saturday night’s NASCAR Cup Series regular season finale.
Jim Utter
Edited: Aug 25, 2023, 10:59 PM
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Briscoe has struggled this year with just six top-10 finishes through 25 races and he’ll need a win in Saturday night’s race at Daytona International Speedway to make the 16-driver playoff field.
As the last car to make a qualifying attempt in the final round, Briscoe’s average lap speed of 181.822 mph just edged Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Aric Almirola (181.693 mph), who ended up second quick.
The pole is the first this season for Briscoe and the second of his career. His only other pole came last spring at Atlanta.
“It feels good,” said Briscoe, who is currently 31st in the series standings. “It’s just a testament to all the men and women at Stewart-Haas. “For us to lock up the front row is really cool.”
Almirola said SHR “certainly brought a lot of speed” to the Daytona regular season finale.
“We’ve had great speedway cars all year long and this place has been a great place for us,” he said. “I’m looking forward to tomorrow night. Tonight, we’ll lick our wound son missing out on the pole but tomorrow night is the big prize.”
Aric Almirola, Stewart-Haas Racing, Smithfield Ford Mustang and Drew Blickensderfer, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford Mustang
Photo by: Nigel Kinrade / NKP / Motorsport Images
Fellow Ford driver Harrison Burton ended up third fastest (181.404 mph).
Rounding out the top five were Toyota drivers Bubba Wallace – who currently holds the final playoff spot on points – and Ty Gibbs.
Completing the top-10 starting lineup: Riley Herbst, Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, Ryan Preece and Kevin Harvick.
In all, Fords claimed seven of the top-10 starting positions and the top five qualifiers all need a win in Saturday night’s race to guarantee a spot in the 2023 playoffs.
Cla Driver # Manufacturer Laps Time Interval Mph 1 
CHASE BRISCOEStewart-Haas Racing 14 Ford 1 49.499 181.822 2 ARIC ALMIROLAStewart-Haas Racing 10 Ford 1 +0.035 0.035 181.693 3 HARRISON BURTONWood Brothers Racing 21 Ford 1 +0.114 0.079 181.404 4 BUBBA WALLACE23XI Racing 23 Toyota 1 +0.140 0.026 181.309 5
TY GIBBSJoe Gibbs Racing
54 Toyota 1 +0.143 0.003 181.298 6 RILEY HERBSTFront Row Motorsports 36 Ford 1 +0.149 0.006 181.276 7 KYLE LARSONHendrick Motorsports 5 Chevrolet 1 +0.155 0.006 181.254 8 RYAN BLANEYTeam Penske 12 Ford 1 +0.210 0.055 181.054 9 RYAN PREECEStewart-Haas Racing 41 Ford 1 +0.242 0.032 180.937 10 KEVIN HARVICKStewart-Haas Racing 4 Ford 1 +0.273 0.031 180.825
Round 1
Fords were dominant early in qualifying at Daytona with Briscoe leading the way in the first round with an average lap speed of 181.723 mph.
Wallace was second quick at 181.167 mph and Herbst, driving a third Front Row Motorsports Ford entry this week, was third fastest at 181.148 mph.
Gibbs was fourth and Larson rounded out the top five and the only Chevrolet driver to advance to the final round.
Also advancing to the final round were Burton, Almirola, Blaney, Harvick and Preece.
RFK Racing drivers Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher were the first two drivers to miss cracking the top-10.
Legacy Motor Club’s No. 42 Chevrolet failed inspection twice and had a crew member ejected from the track. Xfinity Series regular Josh Berry is driving the car this week.
The No. 13 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet of Chandler Smith also failed inspection twice and had a crew member ejected.
Cla Driver # Manufacturer Laps Time Interval Mph 1 CHASE BRISCOEStewart-Haas Racing 14 Ford 1 49.526 181.723 2 BUBBA WALLACE23XI Racing 23 Toyota 1 +0.152 0.152 181.167 3 RILEY HERBSTFront Row Motorsports 36 Ford 1 +0.157 0.005 181.148 4
TY GIBBSJoe Gibbs Racing
54 Toyota 1 +0.161 0.004 181.134 5 KYLE LARSONHendrick Motorsports 5 Chevrolet 1 +0.172 0.011 181.094 6 HARRISON BURTONWood Brothers Racing 21 Ford 1 +0.179 0.007 181.068 7 ARIC ALMIROLAStewart-Haas Racing 10 Ford 1 +0.202 0.023 180.985 8 RYAN BLANEYTeam Penske 12 Ford 1 +0.212 0.010 180.948 9 KEVIN HARVICKStewart-Haas Racing 4 Ford 1 +0.282 0.070 180.694 10 RYAN PREECEStewart-Haas Racing 41 Ford 1 +0.287 0.005 180.676 11 CHRIS BUESCHERRFK Racing 17 Ford 1 +0.326 0.039 180.534 12 BRAD KESELOWSKIRFK Racing 6 Ford 1 +0.350 0.024 180.448 13 MARTIN TRUEX JRJoe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 1 +0.366 0.016 180.390 14 JOEY LOGANOTeam Penske 22 Ford 1 +0.396 0.030 180.281 15 CHRISTOPHER BELLJoe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 1 +0.402 0.006 180.260 16 AUSTIN CINDRICTeam Penske 2 Ford 1 +0.417 0.015 180.205 17 AJ ALLMENDINGERKaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 1 +0.425 0.008 180.177 18 KYLE BUSCHRichard Childress Racing 8 Chevrolet 1 +0.427 0.002 180.169 19 DENNY HAMLINJoe Gibbs Racing 11 Toyota 1 +0.436 0.009 180.137 20 TYLER REDDICK23XI Racing 45 Toyota 1 +0.461 0.025 180.047 21 AUSTIN DILLONRichard Childress Racing 3 Chevrolet 1 +0.527 0.066 179.809 22 
DANIEL SUAREZTrackHouse Racing 99 Chevrolet 1 +0.529 0.002 179.802 23 CHASE ELLIOTTHendrick Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 1 +0.553 0.024 179.716 24 ERIK JONESLegacy Motor Club 43 Chevrolet 1 +0.576 0.023 179.634 25 ROSS CHASTAINTrackHouse Racing 1 Chevrolet 1 +0.582 0.006 179.612 26 AUSTIN HILLBeard Motorsports 62 Chevrolet 1 +0.680 0.098 179.261 27 WILLIAM BYRONHendrick Motorsports 24 Chevrolet 1 +0.705 0.025 179.172 28 JUSTIN HALEYKaulig Racing 31 Chevrolet 1 +0.727 0.022 179.094 29 JOSH BERRYLegacy Motor Club 42 Chevrolet 1 +0.746 0.019 179.026 30 TY DILLONSpire Motorsports 77 Chevrolet 1 +0.794 0.048 178.855 31 ALEX BOWMANHendrick Motorsports 48 Chevrolet 1 +0.829 0.035 178.731 32 RICKY STENHOUSE JRJTG Daugherty Racing 47 Chevrolet 1 +0.856 0.027 178.635 33 JJ YELEYRick Ware Racing 51 Ford 1 +0.885 0.029 178.532 34 BRENNAN POOLERick Ware Racing 15 Ford 1 +0.889 0.004 178.518 35 TODD GILLILANDFront Row Motorsports 38 Ford 1 +0.895 0.006 178.497 36
CHANDLER SMITHKaulig Racing
13 Chevrolet 1 +0.906 0.011 178.458 37 COREY LAJOIESpire Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 1 +0.948 0.042 178.310 38 BJ MCLEODLive Fast Motorsports 78 Chevrolet 1 +1.071 0.123 177.876 39 MICHAEL MCDOWELLFront Row Motorsports 34 Ford 1 +1.186 0.115 177.473
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