Alex Bowman won the pole for the 60th running of the Daytona 500 in his first official start as the full-time driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports.

Bowman gave Hendrick its fourth straight Daytona 500 pole after posting a lap of 46.002 seconds, 195.644 mph.

Denny Hamlin will join Bowman on the front row after he turned a lap of 46.123 seconds, 195.092 mph in his No. 11 Toyota.

Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and rookie William Byron rounded out the top five.

The top seven drivers were either from Hendrick or Joe Gibbs Racing.

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