Tonight, two NASCAR Cup Series races are on deck for the 2.5-mile oval of Daytona International Speedway. Two Duel races will be used to complete the starting lineup for the Daytona 500.
View the 2021 Duel lineups for Daytona International Speedway below.
On Wednesday night, the field took to the track for qualifying. Only the fastest two cars have locked in their starting positions.
Alex Bowman will start from the front row in Sunday’s Daytona 500. William Byron will complete the front row. Times from the qualifying session have been used to set the starting lineup in Thursday night’s Duel races.
Outside of the front row, the Duel races will complete the Daytona 500 starting grid. Their racing for pit selection and starting positions in the 500 mile race.
Ryan Preece and David Ragan also locked themselves into the race as non-charter cars. Eight non-charter cars are attempting to qualify, only one will advance from each of the Duel events. The other four will be sent home ahead of the green flag.
There’s a lot to race for tonight.
Daytona Duels
Starting Lineups
Here are the starting lineups for both races on Thursday at Daytona International Speedway:
Daytona Duel 1
Starting Lineup
February 11, 2021
Pos | Driver | Qual Time
1. Alex Bowman
47.056
2. Aric Almirola
47.314
3. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
47.477
4. Christopher Bell
47.573
5. Ryan Preece
47.585
6. Daniel Suarez
47.636
7. Denny Hamlin
47.695
8. Kyle Larson
47.752
9. Matt DiBenedetto
47.881
10. Austin Cindric
47.900
11. Joey Logano
47.943
12. Ryan Newman
47.960
13. Cole Custer
48.060
14. Michael McDowell
48.124
15. Erik Jones
48.189
16. Tyler Reddick
48.347
17. Ty Dillon
48.446
18. Jamie McMurray
48.746
19. Quin Houff
49.571
20. Timmy Hill
50.016
21. Cody Ware
50.074
22. Josh Bilicki
50.926
Daytona Duel 2
Starting Lineup
February 11, 2021
Pos | Driver | Qual Time
1. William Byron
47.314
2. Bubba Wallace
47.474
3. Kevin Harvick
47.48
4. Austin Dillon
47.636
5. Chase Elliott
47.695
6. David Ragan
47.730
7. Kurt Busch
47.742
8. Kyle Busch
47.780
9. Ryan Blaney
47.895
10. Kaz Grala
47.925
11. Chase Briscoe
47.956
12. Ross Chastain
47.972
13. Brad Keselowski
48.072
14. Martin Truex Jr
48.165
15. Chris Buescher
48.269
16. Anthony Alfredo
48.422
17. Corey LaJoie
48.767
18. Garrett Smithley
49.880
19. BJ McLeod
49.985
20. Joey Gase
50.630
21. Derrick Cope
No Time
22. Noah Gragson
No Time
It’s a busy week, here’s the full NASCAR tv schedule for Daytona.
Links
Daytona International Speedway | NASCAR