Daytona 500 Pole Winners

Name every driver to win the pole position for the Daytona 500.

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Year	MPH	Pole Winner
1959	140.121	Bob Welborn
1960	149.892	Cotton Owens
1961	155.709	Fireball Roberts
1962	156.999	Fireball Roberts
1963	160.943	Fireball Roberts
1964	174.91	Paul Goldsmith
1965	171.151	Darel Dieringer
1966	175.163	Richard Petty
1967	180.831	Curtis Turner
1968	189.222	Cale Yarborough
1969	188.901	Buddy Baker
1970	194.015	Cale Yarborough
1971	182.744	A.J. Foyt
1972	186.632	Bobby Isaac
1973	185.662	Buddy Baker
1974	185.817	David Pearson
1975	185.827	Donnie Allison
1976	183.456	Ramo Stott
1977	188.048	Donnie Allison
1978	197.536	Cale Yarborough
1979	196.049	Buddy Baker
1980	194.009	Buddy Baker
1981	194.624	Buddy Baker
1982	196.317	Benny Parsons
1983	198.864	Ricky Rudd
1984	201.848	Cale Yarborough
1985	205.114	Bill Elliott
1986	205.039	Bill Elliott
1987	210.364	Bill Elliott
1988	193.823	Ken Schrader
1989	196.996	Ken Schrader
1990	196.515	Ken Schrader
1991	195.955	Davey Allison

Year	MPH	Pole Winner
1992	192.213	Sterling Marlin
1993	189.426	Kyle Petty
1994	190.158	Loy Allen, Jr.
1995	193.498	Dale Jarrett
1996	189.51	Dale Earnhardt
1997	189.813	Mike Skinner
1998	192.415	Bobby Labonte
1999	195.067	Jeff Gordon
2000	191.091	Dale Jarrett
2001	183.565	Bill Elliott
2002	185.831	Jimmie Johnson
2003	186.606	Jeff Green
2004	188.387	Greg Biffle
2005	188.312	Dale Jarrett
2006	189.151	Jeff Burton
2007	186.32	David Gilliland
2008	187.075	Jimmie Johnson
2009	188.001	Martin Truex, Jr.
2010	191.188	Mark Martin
2011	186.089	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
2012	194.738	Carl Edwards
2013	196.434	Danica Patrick
2014	196.019	Austin Dillon
2015	201.293	Jeff Gordon
2016	196.314	Chase Elliott
2017	192.872	Chase Elliott
2018	195.644	Alex Bowman
2019	194.304	William Byron
2020	194.582	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
2021	191.261	Alex Bowman
2022	181.159	Kyle Larson
2023	181.686	Alex Bowman
2024	181.947	Joey Logano