Daytona 500 2015: Full Qualifying Results, Analysis Ahead of Next Sunday’s Race

Jeff Gordon isn't taking it easy in his Sprint Cup swan song. The 43-year-old captured the pole for the 2015 Daytona 500 Sunday after making it through the qualifying rounds, eventually topping Jimmie Johnson by 0.035 seconds. You can view the full results below. Controversy about the qualifying structure arguably overshadowed Gordon winning the pole. It was hard to ignore how it slowed down the action, and many drivers voiced their displeasure with the way Sunday's event was run. Rather than the standard one car on the track at a time, which was the normal protocol at Daytona for over 50 years, NASCAR instead used the knockout structure seen last year. That meant multiple cars would be running at the same time. The Associated Press, ...

Read Complete Article at Bleacher Report - Motorsports
Article is property of BleacherReport.com