Daytona 500: Lineups for Duel races on Thursday night; lineups set after pole qualifying
Along with locking in the front row for the Daytona 500, Wednesday's pole qualifying set the lineup for Thursday's two 150-mile Duels, which will set the starting lineup for the 67th Great American Race.
Chase Briscoe and Austin Cindric, the two fastest qualifiers Wednesday, will get the top starting spot in their respective Duels — Briscoe in the first, Cindric in the second. The rest of the first Duel will consist of those who qualified in odd-numbered positions, while even-numbered finishers make up the rest of the second Duel.
Here are those lineups:
First Duel at Daytona lineup
Chase Briscoe, No. 19
Ryan Preece, No. 60
Josh Berry, No. 21
Austin Dillon, No. 3
Ty Dillon, No. 10
Zane Smith No. 38
Kyle Busch, No. 8
Chase Elliott, No. 9
Michael McDowell, No. 71
AJ Allmendinger, No. 16
William Byron, No. 24
Martin Truex Jr., No. 56
Ty Gibbs, No. 54
Tyler Reddick, No.45
Bubba Wallace, No. 23
Justin Haley, No. 7
Justin Allgaier, No. 40
Caron Hocevar, No. 77
Ross Chastain, No. 1
Helio Castroneves, No. 91
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47
Chandler Smith, No. 66
JJ Yeley, No. 44
Second Duel at Daytona lineup
Austin Cindric, No. 2
Joey Logano, No. 22
Denny Hamlin, No. 11
Christopher Bell, No. 20
Kyle Larson, No. 5
Alex Bowman, No. 48
Todd Gilliland, No. 34
Brad Keselowski, No. 6
Chris Buescher, No. 17
Ryan Blaney, No. 12
Noah Gragson, No. 4
Daniel Suarez, No. 99
Riley Herbst, No. 35
Jimmie Johnson, No. 84
Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88
Cole Custer, No. 41
Corey LaJoie, No. 01
Erik Jones, No. 43
John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42
Anthony Alfredo, No. 62
BJ McLeod, No. 78
Cody Ware, No. 51

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