Kyle Larson wins pole for Daytona 500
The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion is picking up where he left off.
Kyle Larson will lead the field to the green flag in Sunday’s Daytona 500 after posting a 49.68-second lap time Wednesday during qualifying at Daytona International Speedway. His Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman will start second.
The pole is Larson’s 10th of his career, tying him for 66th all-time with Joe Nemechek, Cotton Owens and LeeRoy Yarbrough.
The Daytona 500 will be televised live Sunday on FOX.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.
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