The starting line up for the first of Thursday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying races at Daytona International Speedway:
| Driver | Date | Time | Speed | ||
| Track Race Record: | Cale Yarborough | 02/19/70 | 12:40:48 | 183.295 | |
| Pos | Car | Driver | Team | Reason | |
| Row 1: | 1 | 5 | Mark Martin | GoDaddy.com Chevrolet | |
| 2 | 39 | Ryan Newman | US Army Chevrolet | ||
| Row 2: | 3 | 21 | * Bill Elliott | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center | |
| 4 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevrolet | ||
| Row 3: | 5 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet | |
| 6 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's Toyota | ||
| Row 4: | 7 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Dupont Chevrolet | |
| 8 | 87 | * Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | ||
| Row 5: | 9 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevrolet | |
| 10 | 51 | * Michael Waltrip | NAPA Auto Parts Toyota | ||
| Row 6: | 11 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | |
| 12 | 43 | A J Allmendinger | Best Buy Ford | ||
| Row 7: | 13 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Aflac Ford | |
| 14 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Express Toyota | ||
| Row 8: | 15 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Shell / Pennzoil Chevrolet | |
| 16 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Caterpillar Chevrolet | ||
| Row 9: | 17 | 78 | Regan Smith | Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet | |
| 18 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M Ford | ||
| Row 10: | 19 | 32 | * Reed Sorenson | Dollar General Toyota | |
| 20 | 13 | * Max Papis | GEICO Toyota | ||
| Row 11: | 21 | 34 | John Andretti | Window World Cares Ford | |
| 22 | 97 | * Jeff Fuller | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | ||
| Row 12: | 23 | 38 | Robert Richardson | Mahindra USA Tractors Ford | |
| 24 | 37 | Travis Kvapil | Extenze Ford | ||
| Row 13: | 25 | 46 | * Terry Cook # | Whitney Motorsports Dodge | |
| 26 | 55 | * Michael McDowell | PRISM Motorsports Toyota | ||
| Row 14: | 27 | 27 | * Kirk Shelmerdine | Kirk Shelmerdine Toyota | |
| Did Not Qualify: | None. | ||||
| Manufacturer | Starting Lineup | DNQs | Manufacturer | Starting Lineup | DNQs |
| Chevrolet | 9 | 0 | Ford | 8 | 0 |
| Dodge | 1 | 0 | Toyota | 9 | 0 |