Updated 11-18-2018
NOTE: if qualifying is rained out or cancelled for any reason and set by points, the driver who starts first
(because they are leading the points) is not awarded the Coors Light Pole Award and does not get the cash award
For all time pole list, records and notes, see the All Time Poles page
Stats from the pole
RACES with a Pole winner: 33 of 36 races
WINS from the pole: 5
TOP FIVES: 17
TOP TENS: 24
OUT of TOP TEN: 9
40th/Last: 1
no pole - qualified due to weather: 3 (Martinsville(1), Indy, Dover(2))
2018 RACE WINS FROM THE POLE
#78-Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, Auto Club, 3/18/2018
#18-Kyle Busch, Toyota, Bristol, 4/16/2018
#4-Kevin Harvick, Ford, Kansas, 5/12/2018
#18-Kyle Busch, Toyota, Charlotte, 5/27/2018
#78-Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, Kentucky, 7/14/2018
2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pole Winners, Driver, Manufacturer, Number of poles this season
#41-Busch, Ford, 5
#78-Truex, Jr., Toyota, 4 (2 wins from the pole)
#18-Busch, Toyota, 4 (2)
#4-Harvick, Ford, 4 (1)
#11-Hamlin, Toyota, 4
#42-Larson, Chevy, 3
#12-Blaney, Ford, 3
#88-Bowman, Chevy, 1
#21-Menard, Ford, 1
#9-Elliott, Chevy, 1
#19-Suarez, Toyota, 1
#20-Jones, Toyota, 1
#22-Logano, Ford, 1
2018 MANUFACTURER MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES POLES
Chevy: 5 poles with 3 different drivers
Ford: - 14 poles with 5 different drivers
Toyota: - 14 poles with 5 different drivers
POLE WINNERS / BUD SHOOTOUT / CLASH pages
All Time Poles page
2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona
2017 Pole Winners
2017 Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona
2016 Pole Winners
2016 Sprint Unlimited / 2015 Pole Winners
2015 Sprint Unlimited / 2014 Pole Winners
2014 Sprint Unlimited / 2013 Pole Winners
2013 Sprint Unlimited / 2012 Pole Winners
2011 Pole Winners
2010 Pole Winners
2009 Pole Winners
in 2012 when it was changed to Daytona and Bud Shootout winners
2012 Budweiser Shootout
and in 2010-2011 when it was changed to Daytona, Bud Shootout winners and past champs
2011 Budweiser Shootout
2010 Budweiser Shootout
that changed for 2009, when it is 6 highest manufacturers in Owners standings
2009 Budweiser Shootout
For the past Bud Shootout pages, 1979-2008, the races was for pole sitters
2008 Budweiser Shootout
2007 Budweiser Shootout
2006 Budweiser Shootout
2005 Budweiser Shootout
2004 Budweiser Shootout
2003 Budweiser Shootout
2002 Budweiser Shootout
2001 Bud Shootout
2000 Bud Shootout
1999 Bud Shootout