NASCAR notebook: Michael McDowell captures Daytona pole

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.-- Former Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell captured the pole position for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) -- his fourth career pole, but first at the sport's iconic track.

It will be an allFront Row Motorsports front row thanks to McDowell's qualifying lap of 183.165 mp