Daytona 500 Qualifying: Start Time, Lineup, TV Schedule and More

Drivers are preparing to qualify for the Daytona 500. Well, kind of qualify. Very little is actually settled at the qualifying for this race. 

The efforts from Sunday's qualifying will determine just two starting spots: the pole position and the outside of row one. 

The other big thing to be determined from qualifying is that there are 35 cars guaranteed spots in the field. Then there are 13 cars vying for the last eight spots. Three of those spots will go to the drivers that post the fastest qualifying times.

The rest of the starting spots and positions will be determined by the Gatorade Duels on Thursday. 

Start Time: Sunday, February 19th at 1:05 p.m. EST

TV Schedule: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST on Fox 

Lineup

The first 35 drivers are all locked into the field, and this is their qualifying order:

Paul Menard

Jamie McMurray

Kurt Busch

Casey Mears

Carl Edwards

Joey Logano

Denny Hamlin

Ryan Newman

Greg Biffle

Marcos Ambrose

Tony Stewart

Danica Patrick

Brad Keselowski

Aric Almirola

Bobby Labonte

Jeff Gordon

Jeff Burton

Kevin Harvick

Juan Pablo Montoya

AJ Allmendinger

Elliott Sadler

Kyle Busch

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Jimmie Johnson

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Landon Cassill

Martin Truex Jr.

Matt Kenseth

Regan Smith

Mark Martin

Kasey Kahne

Clint Bowyer

David Reutimann

David Ragan

David Gilliland

This second group of 13 racers are all battling for a spot in the field. Three of these drivers can lock that in with their qualifying runs:

Joe Nemechek

Trevor Bayne

Michael Waltrip

Kenny Wallace

Dave Blaney

Tony Raines

Mike Wallace

Terry Labonte

Robert Richardson Jr.

JJ Yeley

Robby Gordon

David Stremme

Michael McDowell