Daytona 500 Contest pole position and driver assignments announced.

Our qualifying round is complete and here is the order of entries.

So congratulations to Matt Pederson who takes the pole position.

This year's Daytona 500 is going to be a very different race.  The newly paved track has been causing tremendous speeds so downsized holes in the restricter plates are being implemented.  You'll also see tandom drafting, something that might even come into play in our contest.  

Here are the driver assignments.

1. Matt Pederson - 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr., AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet


2. Play at the Plate  -  24 Jeff Gordon, Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet



3. dgreen1899 - 22 Kurt Busch Shell/Pennzoil Dodge


4. cubsfan731 - 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet



5. Michael Rubin - 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet


6. Sam - 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet



7. The Lost Collector - 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet


8. Matt Hickes - 15 * Michael Waltrip NAPA Auto Parts Toyota



9. BA Benny - 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Black Ford


10. TJ - 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota



11. dawgbones - 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota


12. Shawn Ross -  92 * Brian Keselowski # K-Automotive Dodge



13. JVoorhees - 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet


14. cornwellfamily - 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet



15. Ryan G. 43 A J Allmendinger Best Buy Ford


16. Mark - 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge



17. irish.man10 - 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com Chevrolet


18. Kev2380 - 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota


19. Mariner 1 - 27 Paul Menard Menards/Peak Chevrolet


20. felixpotvin97 - 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Toyota



21. misfit61 - 39 Ryan Newman U.S.Army Chevrolet


22. RollinRick - 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford



23. Mark A. - 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet


24. I Don’t Know...3rd Base 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota



25. BASEBALL DAD - 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet


26. Captain Canuck - 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford



27. Don WickedOrtega - 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota


28. Sports Jerks - 37 Robert Richardson Jr.(i) North Texas Pipe Ford



29. Casey - 09 * Bill Elliott Phoenix Construction Chevrolet

Good luck to all, check back during the week to find out who won and what cards we pull from the boxes.