NASCAR Cup Series

A total of 21 Team Chevy drivers will start the Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Daytona International Speedway. The 160-lap event is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., ET and will air live on TNT, PRN Radio, Sirius/XM Radio Channel 90 and www.nascar.com.

This weekend at Daytona International Speedway for the Coke Zero 400, Brian Vickers' Toyota Camry for Michael Waltrip Racing will feature a special paint scheme, featuring Florida State University.

David Gilliland earned Front Row Motorsports its first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole position in team history Friday at Daytona International Speedway. Gilliland's Love's Travel Stops Ford turned the fastest lap of the field during the rain-shortened qualifying session for Saturday's Coke Zero 400, recording a lap time of 45.153 seconds at a speed of 199.322 miles per hour.

Everybody expects the likes of Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, Richard Childress Racing or Roush Fenway Racing to be on the pole for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway - however, Front Row Motorsports? Really? That's exactly what happened on Friday afternoon at Daytona International Speedway as David Gilliland put the underfunded team on the pole with a lap of 45.153 seconds.

After a bizarre and rain-shortened qualifying session for the Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Daytona International Speedway, there were a few uncommon names at the top of the final time sheet, but another solid contingent of Chevrolets at the front. Reed Sorensen led the way for Team Chevy with his first top-10 start of the 2014 season by qualifying on the outside of the front row in his No. 36 Golden Corral Chevrolet SS with a lap of 45.176 seconds, 199.322 mph.

MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Home Depot Husky Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 6th - How was qualifying? “We stayed out the whole time and ended up getting a good lap there at the end. Me and David (Ragan) and Brian (Vickers) was behind me for just a little bit and then I think he bailed off there at the end because it was looking a little spooky."

DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET SS - QUALIFIED 7th - ON DESCRIBING THE FLOW OF THE FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION TO HIS TEAM “I gave up trying to describe it to them. But I sure they want to know what’s going on. It’s a mess. You have to be in the very back and try to get a big tow. I ain’t ever seen anything like it. It’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.”

DAVID GILLILAND, No. 38 Love’s Travel Shops Ford Fusion – QUALIFIED 1st (PIT ROAD INTERVIEW) “You know, the win last year at Talladega was big for David Ragan and I feel like this is our strong suit for our team. Out there qualifying we knew that anything could happen and Frank Kerr, my crew chief, has worked really hard on this car and it has a lot of speed."

The distance run and the sponsors may have changed, but for thirty years the gateway to summer race at Daytona was known as the Firecracker 400 (250 for its first four runs). It might not be as big as the 500 or have the glamour of the Southern 500, but winning this one means something. Its name should mean something as well.

"It’s pretty special. This is probably the best chance for us to win a race. Any of the restrictor plate races kind of evens the field. Everybody knows that. So, yeah, if one of us could get a win that would be great.