Written by Adrian Beecher
Daytona, FL – 18-year-old Christian Eckes will start on the pole for Fridays NextEra Energy 250 at Daytona International Speedway. After running a 49.287-second lap in the final round of qualifying for his first Truck Pole at Daytona, however, he won the pole last week in the ARCA race and finished that one 4th.
Starting in 2nd on the front row is David Gilliland who was 0.013-seconds slower than Eckes, and his son Todd Gilliland will start in 3rd after running a 49.526-second lap.
Here is the full starting lineup of the NextEra Energy 250 at Daytona International Speedway.
| RNK | DRIVER | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
| 1 | #51 Christian Eckes | 182.604 | 49.287 | Pole Winner |
| 2 | #17 David Gilliland | 182.556 | 49.3 | 0.013 |
| 3 | #4 Todd Gilliland | 181.723 | 49.526 | 0.239 |
| 4 | #18 Harrison Burton | 181.965 | 49.46 | 0.173 |
| 5 | #98 Grant Enfinger | 181.349 | 49.628 | 0.341 |
| 6 | #2 Sheldon Creed | 181.221 | 49.663 | 0.376 |
| 7 | #52 Stewart Friesen | 180.861 | 49.762 | 0.475 |
| 8 | #24 Brett Moffitt | 180.868 | 49.76 | 0.473 |
| 9 | #68 Clay Greenfield | 180.676 | 49.813 | 0.526 |
| 10 | #16 Austin Hill | 181.05 | 49.71 | 0.423 |
| 11 | #54 Natalie Decker | 180.763 | 49.789 | 0.502 |
| 12 | #22 Austin Wayne Self | 180.119 | 49.967 | 0.68 |
| 13 | #12 Gus Dean | 180.007 | 49.998 | 0.711 |
| 14 | #20 Spencer Boyd | 180.004 | 49.999 | 0.712 |
| 15 | #88 Matt Crafton | 179.968 | 50.009 | 0.722 |
| 16 | #47 Chris Fontaine | 179.666 | 50.093 | 0.806 |
| 17 | #13 Johnny Sauter | 179.48 | 50.145 | 0.858 |
| 18 | #02 Tyler Dippel | 179.09 | 50.254 | 0.967 |
| 19 | #87 Joe Nemechek | 178.916 | 50.303 | 1.016 |
| 20 | #42 Robby Lyons | 178.774 | 50.343 | 1.056 |
| 21 | #28 Bryan Dauzat | 178.756 | 50.348 | 1.061 |
| 22 | #99 Ben Rhodes | 178.703 | 50.363 | 1.076 |
| 23 | #45 Ross Chastain | 178.699 | 50.364 | 1.077 |
| 24 | #27 Myatt Snider | 178.674 | 50.371 | 1.084 |
| 25 | #04 Cory Roper | 178.571 | 50.4 | 1.113 |
| 26 | #30 Brennan Poole | 178.281 | 50.482 | 1.195 |
| 27 | #3 Jordan Anderson | 178.243 | 50.493 | 1.206 |
| 28 | #44 Timothy Peters | 177.982 | 50.567 | 1.28 |
| 29 | #63 Bobby Gerhart | 177.49 | 50.707 | 1.42 |
| 30 | #8 Angela Ruch | 177.315 | 50.757 | 1.47 |
| 31 | #49 Ray Ciccarelli | 173.461 | 51.885 | 2.598 |
| 32 | #33 Josh Reaume | 171.71 | 52.414 | 3.12 |
