aric almirola has the pole for the daytona 500.
aric almirola has the pole for the daytona 500.
who has the pole for the daytona 500?
aric almirola
in qualifying for the daytona 500, energy posted the 9th fastest time, ending his streak of consecutive daytona 500 poles at two. only a few hours later in the advance auto parts clash, he would be up front for most of the race, leading 17 out of the 75 laps but dropped back after an incident in the backstretch and was later caught up in a wreck on the final lap. elliott won the second can-am duel to earn a spot in the second row for the daytona 500. elliott ran towards the front during the first half of the daytona 500, even leading four laps, before getting caught up in an accident on lap 102 and finishing 33rd. at richmond in april, elliott finished second in the toyota owners 400. this was his best finish of the season to date and the eighth second-place finish of his career, tying the number of second-place finishes his father had before his first win. the following week at talladega, he finished third in the geico 500 after starting the race at the rear of the field due to an unapproved tire change. chase had a strong race at dover, starting 6th, finishing in the top 10 in both stages before slipping to 12th at the end. chase scored another twelfth place finish at kansas, and rallied from a disappointing 22nd qualification to finish 11th at the coca-cola 600. elliott had what he called his team's "best race of the year" to date in the pocono 400 where he finished tenth and earned additional points with top tens in both stages. elliott scored a race-high 49 points with two top five stage finishes and a fourth-place overall finish in the toyota/save mart 350 at sonoma, which he considers "one of [his] worst" tracks. he scored his first pole of the 2018 season at the coke zero sugar 400 at daytona, with a lap that was 0.240 seconds faster than anyone else in qualifying. the following day, his race ended early when he was collected in the “big one” on lap 54 along with 25 other drivers after ricky stenhouse jr. turned brad keselowski near the front of the field, resulting in a 34th-place finish for elliott. at watkins glen, elliott started third, won stage 2 for the third week in a row (loudon, pocono, watkins glen), and led the final 33 laps to finally capture his first career monster cup series series victory. chase's win emulated his father, bill, by finishing second eight times before winning, winning his first race on a road course, getting hendrick motorsports their 250th win and becoming the youngest driver to win on a road course. (bill won his first career race at the now-defunct riverside international raceway). elliott secured his second career victory on october 7, 2018, holding off denny hamlin in overtime at dover. with the win, elliott secured a spot in the third round of the 2018 nascar playoffs. after a final lap melee at talladega, elliott scored another win at kansas later that month, holding off a hard charging kyle busch late in the going. he made it through the round of 8 until he was eliminated by a late crash with denny hamlin and kurt busch at phoenix. elliott finished the season sixth in the points standings.
chase elliott
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