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Duel 2 results: Aric Almirola finished first in the second Duel, edging out Austin Cindric. Almirola will start in the second row of Sunday’s Daytona 500.
Duel 1 results: Joey Logano won the first Duel, edging Christopher Bell at the finish line. Logano led much of the race, but Bell took a very brief lead on the final lap. Logano recaptured the lead in the final stretch and will start in the second row of Sunday’s Daytona 500
NASCAR will finalize the Daytona 500 starting lineup on Thursday evening with the Bluegreen Vacations Duels. The races formerly known as the twin-125s are a pair of races that run 150 miles and each features 21 drivers. Duel 1 gets underway at 7 p.m. ET and Duel 2 gets underway at approximately 8:45 p.m., with both airing on FS1.
Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson secured the front row of Sunday’s Daytona 500 in Wednesday pole qualifying. The rest of the finishers on Wednesday settled into the order of the Duels. The winner of Duel 1 (or second place if it’s Bowman) will start in row 2 behind Bowman, while the winner of Duel 2 (or second place if it’s Larson) will start in row 2 behind Larson.
Kyle Larson is the pre-Duels favorite to win Sunday’s race at DraftKings Sportsbook. He opened as a co-favorite with +1200 odds but improved to +1000 odds and sole favorite after finishing second in Wednesday’s qualifying.
As the Duels wrap up, we’ll provide the full starting lineup below for Sunday’s Daytona 500. You can view the Bluegreen Vacations Duel starting lineups here.
Daytona 500 starting lineup
2023 Daytona 500 starting lineup
Pos. | Driver | Car # |
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Pos. | Driver | Car # |
1 | Alex Bowman | 48 |
2 | Kyle Larson | 5 |
3 | Joey Logano | 22 |
4 | Aric Almirola | 10 |
5 | Christopher Bell | 20 |
6 | Austin Cindric | 2 |
7 | Ryan Blaney | 12 |
8 | Chase Elliott | 9 |
9 | Chris Buescher | 17 |
10 | Brad Keselowski | 6 |
11 | Michael McDowell | 34 |
12 | Corey LaJoie | 7 |
13 | Kevin Harvick | 4 |
14 | Todd Gilliland | 38 |
15 | Bubba Wallace | 23 |
16 | Martin Truex Jr. | 19 |
17 | Zane Smith | 36 |
18 | Denny Hamlin | 11 |
19 | Harrison Burton | 21 |
20 | Ryan Preece | 41 |
21 | William Byron | 24 |
22 | Noah Gregson | 42 |
23 | Ross Chastain | 1 |
24 | Daniel Suarez | 99 |
25 | Erik Jones | 43 |
26 | Tyler Reddick | 45 |
27 | Austin Dillon | 3 |
28 | Justin Haley | 31 |
29 | AJ Allmendinger | 16 |
30 | Chase Briscoe | 14 |
31 | Rickv Stenhouse Jr. | 47 |
32 | BJ McLeod | 78 |
33 | Ty Gibbs | 54 |
34 | Conor Daly | 50 |
35 | Cody Ware | 51 |
36 | Kyle Busch | 8 |
37 | Ty Dillon | 77 |
38 | Riley Herbst | 15 |
39 | Jimmie Johnson | 84 |
40 | Travis Pastrana | 67 |