(Sports Network) - Colin Braun won the pole Thursday for the NextEra Energy Resources 250 Camping World Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

Braun claimed his first career pole in the series with a lap time of 50.721 seconds (177.441 m.p.h.). The Roush Fenway Racing driver became the second youngest pole winner in the series.

"I'm really excited about it," Braun said. "It's a really good truck. Driving the No.6 Con-Way Freight Ford 150 Truck here at Daytona was really cool last year, to get my first race under my belt with (Roush Fenway Racing), and now to get them a pole here is pretty special."

Kyle Busch holds the series record for youngest pole winner at 20 years, one month and 16 days.

Braun won rookie-of-the-year honors in the series last year, scoring three top-five finishes and eight top-10's. His first pole came in his 27th start.

Braun also gave Roush Fenway its third-straight pole at a superspeedway. Erik Darnell grabbed the top starting spot for last year's races at Daytona and Talladega Superspeedway.

Joining Braun on the front row for the season-opener at Daytona will be Matt Crafton, who posted the second best lap at 51.168 seconds.

Todd Bodine will start third, followed Ron Hornaday, Jr. and Mike Skinner. Sixth through 10th will be: Ricky Carmichael, a newcomer to the series this year, Terry Cook, Jason White, Johnny Sauter and Stacy Compton.

Bodine won last year's race at Daytona. He also scored the victory at Talladega, becoming the first driver in the series to win both superspeedway events in a season.

Johnny Benson, the reigning series champion, will start 21st in his debut with Red Horse Racing. During the offseason, Benson left the now-defunct Bill Davis Racing team and came on board with Red Horse to drive the No.1 Toyota. He won the 2008 title by just seven points over Hornaday, Jr., making it one of the closest championship battles in the series.

Skinner is making his first start in the No.5 Toyota for Randy Moss Motorsports.

Busch qualified 19th after winning the second Gatorade Duel race earlier in the day. He is competing in all three of NASCAR (web | news) 's events this weekend.

Friday night's race marks the tenth time the Truck Series has competed at Daytona. There have been nine different winners in as many events.

The green flag is scheduled to drop around 8:00 p.m. (et).



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