Shane van Gisbergen in the #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro at Daytona International Speedway. Image: Chris Graythen/Getty Images
Shane van Gisbergen was worst-off in 37th while teammates Ross Chastain and Connor Zilisch qualified 34th and 23rd respectively.
Van Gisbergen will start Duel 1 from 19th alongside his former teammate Daniel Suarez in the #7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro.
SVG will have the benefit of having stablemate Chastain in his Duel.
Speaking on Thursday, van Gisbergen said one of the biggest challenge was finding who he could race with.
“I’m still learning and trying to make friends, I guess,” said van Gisbergen.
“People leave you for no reason, or you do something wrong and lose the trust of people.
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“It takes a while to understand how to put your car in the right place.”
The top 10 drivers from Qualifying 1 advanced to Qualifying 2, which was topped by Richard Childress Racing driver Kyle Busch in the #8 Camaro.
No matter what happens in the Duel races on Friday, Busch will start the Daytona 500 from pole position.
Likewise, Chase Briscoe, who qualified second in the #19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry, has locked his place in for the start of the Daytona 500.
Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium winner Ryan Preece qualified third for RFK Racing in the #60 Ford Mustang while Denny Hamlin set the fourth fastest time in the #11 Gibbs Camry.
“This is special for all of us at Richard Childress Racing; for Richard and Jim Pohlman, with it being his first race as the crew chief,” said Busch.
“Obviously having the opportunity to come down here with fast speedway cars, and I’ve had fast speedway cars with RCR every time we’ve been here.
“It feels really good to sit on the pole and to have the number one starting spot come Sunday. But we also want the number one finishing position on Sunday.
“I think we learned some things last year at a couple of the speedway races. I feel like those guys have really tuned-in on those things that worked.
“I hope it turns out to be what we all think it should be for speed on Sunday (Monday AEDT). I’m sure we’ll find a little bit more about it tomorrow.”
Corey Heim and Justin Allgaier locked themselves into the Daytona 500 on speed. However, Corey LaJoie, Anthony Alfredo, Chandler Smith, BJ McLeod, Casey Mears, and JJ Yeley will have to race their way in to the main show.
The highest-finishing “open” driver in each Duel not already locked into the race will advance to the Daytona 500.
Although Jimmie Johnson is entered as an open car, he will start the Daytona 500 based on NASCAR’s exemption provisional.
Duel 1 at Daytona is scheduled for 11am AEDT. Duel 2 at Daytona is slated for 12:45pm AEDT. Both races are scheduled for 60 laps.
Coverage is live and exclusively on Fox Sports and Kayo Sports.
NASCAR Cup Series Duel 1 at Daytona starting grid
Pos
Num
Driver
Team
1
8
Kyle Busch
Richard Childress Racing
2
60
Ryan Preece
RFK Racing
3
67
Corey Heim(i)
23XI Racing
4
48
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports
5
17
Chris Buescher
RFK Racing
6
22
Joey Logano
Team Penske
7
3
Austin Dillon
Richard Childress Racing
8
99
Corey LaJoie
RFK Racing
9
42
John Hunter Nemechek
Legacy Motor Club
10
6
Brad Keselowski
RFK Racing
11
12
Ryan Blaney
Team Penske
12
24
William Byron
Hendrick Motorsports
13
41
Cole Custer
Haas Factory Team
14
51
Cody Ware
Rick Ware Racing
15
84
Jimmie Johnson
Legacy Motor Club
16
23
Bubba Wallace
23XI Racing
17
16
AJ Allmendinger
Kaulig Racing
18
1
Ross Chastain
Trackhouse Racing
19
97
Shane Van Gisbergen
Trackhouse Racing
20
7
Daniel Suarez
Spire Motorsports
21
36
Chandler Smith(i)
Front Row Motorsports
22
66
Casey Mears
Garage 66
23
4
Noah Gragson
Front Row Motorsports
NASCAR Cup Series Duel 2 at Daytona starting grid
Pos
Num
Driver
Team
1
19
Chase Briscoe
Joe Gibbs Racing
2
11
Denny Hamlin
Joe Gibbs Racing
3
5
Kyle Larson
Hendrick Motorsports
4
9
Chase Elliott
Hendrick Motorsports
5
54
Ty Gibbs
Joe Gibbs Racing
6
20
Christopher Bell
Joe Gibbs Racing
7
40
Justin Allgaier(i)
JR Motorsports
8
2
Austin Cindric
Team Penske
9
38
Zane Smith
Front Row Motorsports
10
71
Michael McDowell
Spire Motorsports
11
88
Connor Zilisch #
Trackhouse Racing
12
43
Erik Jones
Legacy Motor Club
13
21
Josh Berry
Wood Brothers Racing
14
77
Carson Hocevar
Spire Motorsports
15
35
Riley Herbst
23XI Racing
16
34
Todd Gilliland
Front Row Motorsports
17
62
Anthony Alfredo(i)
Beard Motorsports
18
10
Ty Dillon
Kaulig Racing
19
47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Hyak Motorsports
20
45
Tyler Reddick
23XI Racing
21
78
BJ McLeod
Live Fast Motorsports
22
44
JJ Yeley(i)
NY Racing Team
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