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Colin on pole for Daytona!
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Daytona FL - 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.