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Youngest Daytona 500 pole winners
By Staff Report | Wednesday, February 10, 2021
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Alex Bowman won the Busch Pole Award for the 2021 Daytona 500 at 27 years old, making him the ninth youngest driver to accomplish this task. The catch? Bowman first won a Daytona 500 pole at 24 years old in 2018. He's on this list of top 10 youngest Daytona 500 pole winners twice.
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10. Loy Allen Jr.
27 years, 10 months, 5 days when he won the pole on Feb. 12, 1994
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9. Alex Bowman
27 years, 9 months, 16 days old when he won the pole on Feb. 10, 2021
27 years, 9 months, 16 days old when he won the pole on Feb. 10, 2021
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8. Jeff Gordon
27 years, 6 months, 2 days when he won the pole on Feb. 6, 1999
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7. Ricky Rudd
26 years, 5 months when he won the pole on Feb. 12, 1983
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6. Jimmie Johnson
26 years, 4 months, 23 days when he won the pole on Feb. 9, 2002
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5. Alex Bowman
24 years, 9 months, 17 days when he won the pole on Feb. 11, 2018
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4. Austin Dillon
23 years, 9 months, 20 days when he won the pole on Feb. 16, 2014
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3. Chase Elliott
21 years, 2 months, 22 days when he won the pole on Feb. 19, 2017
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2. William Byron
21 years, 2 months, 12 days when he won the pole on Feb. 10, 2019
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1. Chase Elliott
20 years, 2 months, 17 days when he won the pole on Feb. 14, 2016
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