Daytona 500 Pole Positions: Carl Edwards’ Top-Dog Status Means Little

Carl Edwards was riding high for most of the week with a stirring qualifying time and a hold of the pole position. That all ends now. The Sprint Cup runner-up in 2011 delivered a remarkably fast time last Sunday when he finished at 194.738 mph to earn his first pole in 14 starts at Daytona.It was a day of great celebration for a driver that saw the greatest prize in the sport go to another despite his first-place finish last season. Instead, the tiebreak for the Sprint Cup went to Tony Stewart, and that will be the man breathing down Edwards' neck on Sunday. Sunday may have been Edwards' time to shine ahead of the Daytona 500, but Thursday was Stewart's to show that he can still deliver some amazing performances himself. ...

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