Background , where the race was held.
Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is long. The track's turns are banked at 31
degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees. Before the race,
Jimmie Johnson was leading the
Drivers' Championship with 610 points, while
Carl Edwards stood in second with 572 points. Bowyer followed in the third with 569, twenty-five points ahead of
Kevin Harvick and forty-one ahead of
Matt Kenseth in fourth and fifth.
Ford was third with 87 points. The first session lasted for 80 minutes, while second session was 85 minutes long. During the first practice session,
A.J. Allmendinger, for the
Phoenix Racing team, was quickest ahead of Bowyer in second and Edwards in third.
Juan Pablo Montoya was scored fourth, and Earnhardt Jr. managed fifth.
David Ragan followed in second, ahead of Ambrose and
Jeff Gordon in third and fourth. with a lap time of 46.458 seconds and a speed of . After his qualifying run, Kyle Busch said, "I've not had many opportunities for me to win poles at restrictor-plate races, so I've got to thank the team, all the guys at Joe Gibbs Racing that did such a good job building a slick race car. It's a team effort coming to these places and having great race cars. I'm really excited to be starting up front, especially with my teammate Matt Kenseth on the front row with us." ==Results==