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The Daytona 500 is almost here. On Thursday night, the drivers compete in the Duels to determine the starting order for the Great American race.
The single-car qualifying took place on Wednesday night. In single-car qualifying, each driver ran a timed lap around the 2.5-mile superspeedway. The top 10 drivers advanced to Round 2 to compete for the pole position, racing another timed lap. The two fastest drivers in that round will be in the front row for the Daytona 500.
Kyle Busch finished first and won his first Daytona 500 pole. Last year’s pole-sitter Chase Briscoe finished with the second-best time, putting him right behind Busch in the lineup.
Corey Heim and Justin Allgaier secured spots in the 2026 Daytona 500 field and the final two spots will be set in the Duel qualifying races.
The single-car qualifying also set the lineup for each Duel qualifying race. Drivers that placed in odd number positions (third, fifth, etc.) raced in Duel 1. Drivers who placed in even number finishes (fourth, sixth, etc.) raced in Duel 2.
The Duels are 60-lap, 150-mile qualifying races that set the third to 40th positions in Sunday’s race. Duel 1’s finishing order determines the inside rows and Duel 2’s finishing order determines the outside row for the Daytona 500.
Points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in each Duel and will count towards the regular season. First place of each Duel race will get 10 points, second will get nine points, etc.
How to watch the Daytona 500 Duels
Date: Thursday, Feb. 12
Duel 1 time: 7 p.m. ET | Duel 2 time: 8:45 p.m. ET (approx.)
Location: Daytona International Speedway — Daytona, Florida
TV: FS1 |Â Stream:Â Fubo (try for free)
Duel 1 lineupPositionDriverCar1Kyle BuschNo. 8 Chevrolet2Ryan PreeceNo. 60 Ford3Corey HeimNo. 67 Toyota4Alex BowmanNo. 48 Chevrolet5Chris BuescherNo. 17 Ford6Joey LoganoNo. 22 Ford7Austin DillonNo. 3 Chevrolet8Corey LaJoieNo. 99 Ford9John Hunter NemechekNo. 42 Toyota10Brad KeselowskiNo. 6 Ford11Ryan BlaneyNo. 12 Ford12William ByronNo. 24 Chevrolet13Cole CusterNo. 41 Chevrolet14Cody WareNo. 51 Chevrolet15Jimmie JohnsonNo. 84 Toyota16Bubba WallaceNo. 23 Toyota17AJ AllmendingerNo. 16 Chevrolet18Ross ChastainNo. 1 Chevrolet19Shane van GisbergenNo. 97 Chevrolet20Daniel SuarezNo. 7 Chevrolet21Chandler SmithNo. 36 Ford22Casey MearsNo. 66 Ford23Noah GragsonNo. 4 FordDuel 2 lineupPositionDriverCar1Chase BriscoeNo. 19 Toyota2Denny HamlinNo. 11 Toyota3Kyle LarsonNo. 5 Chevrolet4Chase ElliottNo. 9 Chevrolet5Ty GibbsNo. 54 Toyota6Christopher BellNo. 20 Toyota7Justin AllgaierNo. 40 Chevrolet8Austin CindricNo. 2 Ford9Zane SmithNo. 38 Ford10Michael McDowellNo. 71 Chevrolet11Connor ZilischNo. 88 Chevrolet12Erik JonesNo. 43 Toyota13Josh BerryNo. 21 Ford14Carson HocevarNo. 77 Chevrolet15Riley HerbstNo. 35 Toyota16Todd GillilandNo. 34 Ford17Anthony AlfredoNo. 62 Chevrolet18Ty DillonNo. 10 Chevrolet19Ricky Stenhouse Jr.No. 47 Chevrolet20Tyler ReddickNo. 45 Toyota21BJ McLeodNo. 78 Chevrolet22J.J. YeleyNo. 44 ChevroletDuel 1 results
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Duel 2 results
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Daytona 500 order
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