Daytona 500: Tyler Reddick wins Duel 1 as Jimmie Johnson makes the sector; observe Duel 2 right here

After Joey Logano took the pole and Michael McDowell certified on the skin of the entrance row for the Daytona 500 on Wednesday evening, the remainder of the grid will probably be set tonight with the standard “duel” qualifying races.

Tyler Reddick received the primary duel with a daring last-lap go of Kyle Larson and can begin inside row two for the Daytona 500. About 4,000 toes of pavement down the highway, Jimmie Johnson snuck previous JJ Yeley to make the sector for his twenty first Daytona 500. Yet one more entry will probably be eradicated after the second duel tonight as 42 automobiles try to make a 40-car discipline Anthony Alfredo and David Ragan assured themselves of constructing the sector Wednesday evening as they have been the 2 quickest non-chartered entries. Kaz Grala and BJ McLeod are combating for the ultimate spot.

Bluegreen Holidays Duel 1 beginning lineup

1. Joey Logano

2. Kyle Larson

3. Chase Elliott

4. Austin Dillon

5. Ross Chastain

6. Todd Gilliland

7. Ryan Preece

8. Chris Buescher

9. Alex Bowman

10. Daniel Suarez

11. Anthony Alfredo

12. Erik Jones

13. Daniel Hemric

14. Martin Truex Jr.

15. Ty Gibbs

16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

17. Corey LaJoie

18. Jimmie Johnson

19. Tyler Reddick

20. Carson Hocevar

21. JJ Yeley

Bluegreen Holidays Duel 2 beginning lineup

1. Michael McDowell

2. Austin Cindric

3. William Byron

4. Kyle Busch

5. Harrison Burton

6. Riley Herbst

7. Chase Briscoe

8. Noah Gragson

9. Ryan Blaney

10. A.J. Allmendinger

11. Josh Berry

12. Brad Keselowski

13. David Ragan

14. Bubba Wallace

15. Justin Haley

16. Christopher Bell

17. Denny Hamlin

18. Zane Smith

19. John Hunter Nemechek

20. B.J. McLeod

21. Kaz Grala

The 2024 NASCAR Cup Collection season begins in earnest this weekend with its largest race of the 12 months, the Daytona 500. After a rain-curtailed Conflict on the Coliseum, factors and, maybe extra importantly, status are on the road Sunday.

Daytona is just the start, although, as following NASCAR’s Tremendous Bowl there are 35 extra race weekends over the subsequent 9 months earlier than a champion is topped Nov. 10 at Phoenix.

Right here’s what to know earlier than the 66th working of “The Nice American Race:”

Daytona 500 TV/streaming schedule

All instances Japanese

Thursday
7-8:45 p.m.: Bluegreen Holidays Duel 1 (FS1, Fox Sports activities app)
8:45-10:30 p.m.: Bluegreen Holidays Duel 2 (FS1, Fox Sports activities app)

Friday
5:30-6:30 p.m.: Daytona 500 apply (FS1, Fox Sports activities app)

Saturday
10:30-11:30 a.m.: Daytona 500 remaining apply (FS1, Fox Sports activities app)

Sunday
2:30-6 p.m.: Daytona 500 (Fox, Fox Sports activities app)

Daytona 500 race particulars

Observe: Daytona Worldwide Speedway (2.5-mile high-banked tri-oval) in Daytona Seashore, Florida
Banking: Turns minus-31 levels | Tri-oval minus-18 levels | Backstretch minus-3 levels
Race size: 200 laps for 500 miles
Stage lengths: Stage 1 — 65 laps | Stage 2 — 65 laps | Stage 3 — 130 laps
2023 winner: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (47), JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet

Daytona 500 qualifying format

The most important race of the 12 months additionally encompasses a distinctive qualifying format not used anyplace else on the NASCAR calendar. On Wednesday evening all 42 entered automobiles will flip one lap at prime velocity, the order of which is set by a Tuesday evening draw of numbers. The highest 10 drivers then go right into a shootout with the highest two instances from that session setting the entrance row for Sunday’s race.

The remaining 40 automobiles are dropped — 20 apiece, together with the highest two qualifiers — into two 60-lap qualifying “duels” to be run Thursday evening that set the sector from spots three via 40. The ending order for the primary duel determines the within row slots and the ending order from the second duel units the skin.

The 36 entries that personal a NASCAR constitution are assured to make the race, so two of the six non-chartered entries will probably be overlooked. That group is headlined by Corridor of Famer and seven-time collection champion Jimmie Johnson, who’s working an abbreviated nine-race schedule this season for his personal Legacy Motor Membership workforce.

Logano ends the Hendrick, Chevy streak

Ford broke up Chevrolet’s Daytona pole monopoly Wednesday evening. Crew Penske’s Joey Logano earned his first pole place for the Daytona 500 with a second-round time of 49.465, which was simply 0.071s quicker than the Entrance Row Motorsports entry of 2021 Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell.

Logano turned the quickest lap within the all-42 automotive first spherical and, after McDowell had a seemingly insurmountable second spherical lap of 49.536, bettered it by simply over seven hundredths of a second.

High drivers and betting odds for the Daytona 500

Superspeedway pack racing is rife with peril, the place one mistake you don’t have anything to do with immediately forward can wipe out your race. Daytona, Talladega and Atlanta odds usually mirror that dynamic. No driver enters the week with higher than 11-to-1 odds, in keeping with BetMGM.

Greatest odds to win

• Ryan Blaney +1100

• Chase Elliott +1100

• Denny Hamlin +1100

• Brad Keselowski +1100

Reigning Cup Collection champion Ryan Blaney boasts a win in the summertime race at Daytona, having received the regular-season finale in 2021. Whereas Chase Elliott has by no means received at Daytona, he has completed within the prime 10 in ⅓ of his races there. Denny Hamlin owns probably the most Daytona 500 wins of any driver within the discipline with three and has completed 32 of 36 races at Daytona with a median place of seventeenth. Brad Keselowski is third in profession laps led at Daytona (345) behind Hamlin (666) and Kyle Busch (519).

Daytona 500 climate forecast

It’s extremely unlikely the complete race weekend will go off with no rain delay as precipitation is within the forecast for Saturday and Sunday. The daytime excessive temperature ought to be within the low 70s and there’s a 66 % likelihood of rain for Saturday’s remaining Cup Collection apply session, ARCA and Xfinity races. For Sunday’s Daytona 500, temperatures will drop to the mid-60s however the likelihood of rain will increase to 75 %.

Three of the final 10 Daytona 500s have been delayed by rain (2014, 2020 and 2021) with the 2020 version transferring to the next Monday night attributable to a Sunday deluge.

Daytona 500 entry checklist

Ross Chastain (1), Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Austin Cindric (2), Crew Penske Ford
Austin Dillon (3), Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Josh Berry (4), Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
Kyle Larson (5), Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Brad Keselowski (6), RFK Racing Ford
Corey LaJoie (7), Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
Kyle Busch (8), Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Chase Elliott (9), Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Noah Gragson (10), Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
Denny Hamlin (11), Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Ryan Blaney (12), Crew Penske Ford
Chase Briscoe (14), Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
Riley Herbst (15), Rick Ware Racing Ford
A.J. Allmendinger (16), Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
Chris Buescher (17), RFK Racing Ford
Martin Truex Jr. (19), Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Christopher Bell (20), Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Harrison Burton (21), Wooden Brothers Racing Ford
Joey Logano (22), Crew Penske Ford
Bubba Wallace (23), 23XI Racing Toyota
William Byron (24), Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Daniel Hemric (31), Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
Michael McDowell (34), Entrance Row Motorsports Ford
Kaz Grala (36), Entrance Row Motorsports Ford*
Todd Gilliland (38), Entrance Row Motorsports Ford
Ryan Preece (41), Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
John Hunter Nemechek (42), Legacy Motor Membership Toyota
Erik Jones (43), Legacy Motor Membership Toyota
J.J. Yeley (44), NY Racing Crew Chevrolet
Tyler Reddick (45), 23XI Racing Toyota
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (47), JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
Alex Bowman (48), Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Justin Haley (51), Rick Ware Racing Ford
Ty Gibbs (54), Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
David Ragan (60), RFK Racing Ford*
Anthony Alfredo (62), Beard Motorsports Chevrolet*
Zane Smith (71), Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
Carson Hocevar (77), Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
BJ McLeod (78), Reside Quick Motorsports Ford*
Jimmie Johnson (84), Legacy Motor Membership Toyota*
Daniel Suárez (99), Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
*—Not assured a spot within the discipline