DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Austin Dillon, driving a car bearing the famed number three of late NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt, won pole position for the Daytona 500 race on Sunday.
Dillon's Chevrolet posted a top speed of 196.019 mph at Daytona International Speedway to claim front row honours for the February 23 race, the first time Earnhardt's number has been used in a top-level NASCAR event since his death on the last lap of the 2001 race.
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