An 'unbelievable' way to start off the year and season, according to Chase Briscoe, who rocketed to the top of the Daytona 500 qualifying charts with a 49.249s lap in the final round. The prestigious pole is huge for Briscoe, but even bigger for manufacturer and team as Toyota has never before earned pole position in the Daytona 500 and Joe Gibbs Racing hasn't taken the top spot in 500 qualifying since 1998 with Bobby Labonte.
Briscoe's stunning pole run saw him best Team Penske's Austin Cindric, which inevitably ended Ford's run of nine consecutive poles at drafting tracks. The Blue Oval did make a statement, though, taking every spot inside the top-five -- except first position.
