Joey Logano edged Michael McDowell for the top starting spot in Sunday’s season-opening NASCAR race in the second round of qualifying on Wednesday. It’s the 29th career pole for Logano and his first for the Daytona 500.

Hendrick drivers entered the season with three straight Daytona 500 poles. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in 2020 had been the only non-Hendrick driver since 2014 to start first in the famed race. But McDowell snapped that streak with a blistering lap before Logano — who posted the fastest lap in the first round of qualifying — beat him in the evening’s final qualifying run.

Logano’s pole is the first for Ford since the 2012 season. Chevy drivers had won the last 11 Daytona 500 pole positions. After he got out of his car, Logano didn’t take any credit for a lap in which he simply mashed the gas and kept his car low on the track.

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The full starting lineup is available below.

2024 Daytona 500 starting lineup:

1. No. 22 Joey Logano
2. No. 34 Michael McDowell
3. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
4. No. 20 Christopher Bell
5. No. 9 Chase Elliott
6. No. 2 Austin Cindric
7. No. 48 Alex Bowman
8. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
9. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
10. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
11. No. 43 Erik Jones
12. No. 21 Harrison Burton
13. No. 99 Daniel Suarez
14. No. 71 Zane Smith
15. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
16. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
17. No. 5 Kyle Larson
18. No. 24 William Byron
19. No. 17 Chris Buescher
20. No. 14 Chase Briscoe
21. No. 1 Ross Chastain
22. No. 51 Justin Haley
23. No. 84 Jimmie Johnson
24. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
25. No. 41 Ryan Preece
26. No. 36 Kaz Grala
27. No. 19 Martin Truex Jr.
28. No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
29. No. 7 Corey LaJoie
30. No. 4 Josh Berry
31. No. 38 Todd Gilliland
32. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
33. No. 3 Austin Dillon
34. No. 8 Kyle Busch
35. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
36. No. 15 Riley Herbst
37. No. 31 Daniel Hemric
38. No. 10 Noah Gragson
39. No. 62 Anthony Alfredo
40. No. 60 David Ragan