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Heading into Thursday’s Bluegreen Vacations Duel races at Daytona International Speedway, we knew the front row for Sunday’s Daytona 500 main event after single-car qualifying Wednesday.
Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman is on the Busch Pole, his fourth consecutive front-row start in The Great American Race and first driving the No. 48 Chevrolet. His teammate, William Byron, will officially be credited with second-place starting position when the green flag drops Sunday (2:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), although he may need to drop to the back if his team uses a backup car after a Thursday night wreck.
We also knew Thursday’s twin 60-lap races would set the remainder of the running order, as well as the final two spots in the field.
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As a refresher, Duel 1 results set the inside row of the Daytona 500 starting lineup. Duel 2 set the outside row. The 36 Charter teams are guaranteed a spot in the Daytona 500 field, and eight Open, non-Charter teams competed for the final four spots via a mix of Duel results and single-car qualifying speeds from earlier in the week.
After the Bluegreen Vacations Duel races, here is the Daytona 500 starting lineup.
* indicates one of the four open teams that made the field.

Starting

Driver
Team

1.
Alex Bowman
No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports

2.
William Byron
No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports

3.
Aric Almirola
No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing

4.
Austin Dillon
No. 3 Richard Childress Racing

5.
Christopher Bell
No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing

6.
Bubba Wallace
No. 23 23XI Racing

7.
Ryan Newman
No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing

8.
Kevin Harvick
No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing

9.
Joey Logano
No. 22 Team Penske

10.
Kyle Busch
No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing

11.
Ryan Preece*
No. 37 JTG Daugherty Racing*

12.
Chase Elliott
No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports

13
Kyle Larson
No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports

14.
Ryan Blaney
No. 12 Team Penske

15.
Daniel Suarez
No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Team

16.
Corey LaJoie
No. 7 Spire Motorsports

17.
Michael McDowell
No. 34 Front Row Motorsports

18.
David Ragan*
No. 36 Front Row Motorsports*

19.
Jamie McMurray
No. 77 Spire Motorsports

20.
Kurt Busch
No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing

21.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing

22.
Chris Buescher
No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing

23.
Matt DiBenedetto
No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing

24.
Brad Keselowski
No. 2 Team Penske

25.
Denny Hamlin
No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing

26.
Martin Truex Jr.
No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing

27.
Cole Custer
No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing

28.
Joey Gase
No. 53 Rick Ware Racing

29.
Tyler Reddick
No. 8 Richard Childress Racing

30.
Chase Briscoe
No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing

31.
Erik Jones
No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports

32.
Derrike Cope
No. 15 Rick Ware Racing

33.
Quin Houff
No. 00 StarCom Racing

34.
Ross Chastain
No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing

35.
Cody Ware
No. 51 Rick Ware Racing

36.
Anthony Alfredo
No. 38 Front Row Motorsports

37.
Josh Bilicki
No. 52 Rick Ware Racing

38.
BJ McLeod
No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports

39.
Austin Cindric*
No. 33 Team Penske

40.
Kaz Grala*
No. 16 Kaulig Racing

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