Roush Sweep at Daytona

Cars from a wide variety of teams all waited in line to qualify into the Great American Race. The first row (positions 1 and 2) were the goal for tonight concidering the rest of the pack will be determined by the standings of the Gatorade Duel on Thursday. When it came to the end of qualifying Carl Edwards was at the top of the charts. He was one of the first to go out and held pole position until the very end. Edwards' teammate Greg Biffle claimed 2nd for the 500. Making it a Roush Fenway Racing sweep. All of the Roush-Yates Ford engines were fast including, Marcos Ambrose, David Ragan, Trevor Bayne, Casey Mears and Matt Kenseth. 4 of the top-five spots were Ford cars. Obviously Edwards and Biffle were the fastest of the Fords today. The only driver who had a shot at beating Carl's time was his Roush teammate Trevor Bayne, defending Daytona 500 champion. Bayne is driving for the Wood Brothers in Cup, but still drives a Ford. Bayne was 4th fastest in first practice and 2nd fastest in final practice. By the time Bayne went out to qualify the wind was blowing severely compared to when Edwards qualified. Bayne probably could have beat Edwards if the wind had cooroperated. He ended up qualifing 9th. The National Weather Service issued a warning due to the wind.
Bayne was also one of the go or go homers that needed to qualify on speed to even get into the 500. The top 3 were locked into the race; Trevor Bayne, Tony Raines and David Stremme. Many had to pack up the cars in the hauler and drive back to their shops. One of the hardest thing a team has to do.
Everyone else who qualified today (who were not already locked in) will battle it out Thursday in the Gatorade Duels to find out where they will start in the Great American Race.
In the end it was the 2 Roush drivers. Edwards and Biffle, who claimed the front row in the Daytona 500. By what we saw today we know Roush engines are fast and will be a real threat during the 500.