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Chase Briscoe starts first in his debut for Joe Gibbs Racing, and places a Toyota for the first time in history on the Daytona 500 Palley Position.
Briscoe, who has been riding for the past four seasons for Stewart-Hare races until the team is closed, has a shot at 182,745 km / h in the no. 19 Toyota Camry turned.
“It’s a great way to start our season,” Briscoe told FS1. “What an incredible way to start the year. Incredible way to start with Toyota, being the man to deliver the first of all if they have achieved so much is pretty kind. Man, to think I’m going to start on the pole of the Great American Race is incredible. “
Toyota entered Nascar’s leading series in 2007, but struggled to fight for the Daytona 500 pole position until Wednesday night behind Chevrolet and Ford.
This is the second Daytona 500 Post Position for Joe Gibbs Racing, which in 1998 qualified for the season opener with Bobby Labonte.
“Can’t thank Coach Gibbs, the entire Joe Gibbs organization,” Briscoe said. ‘All season, everyone kept telling me that the focus was trying to qualify better on Superspeedways. This is something I really struggled with last year. For our 19 group to come here and sit on the pole on the biggest race of the year, is quite special. “
Austin Cindric finished second in the no. 2 Ford qualified at 182.463.
With only the top two positions set in the starting line -up, Briscoe and Cindric form the leading row of the 67th major US race. The rest of the starting places are set by two qualifying races on Thursday night.
