2025 Daytona 500 starting lineup, drivers grid set after Daytona Duels go to Austin, Wallace
— Final-lap passes and fiery crashes, Thursday's BlueGreen Vacation Duel at Daytona races had a little bit of everything.
— The 40-car Daytona 500 field is set.
No. 23 Bubba Wallace will start on the for the Sunday race, No. 43 Erik Jones will join him on the front row.
Duel No. 2 winner Austin Cindric and No. 19 Chase Briscoe, who each won their qualifying race Thursday night, will start in the second row.
NASCAR Cup Series drivers put on a show in two decidedly different races in Thursday night's Duel at Daytona, with Bubba Wallace and Austin Cindric taking the trophies when the night ended.
The Duel, which divides drivers among two 60-lap, 150-mile races, determined the full starting lineup for the 67th annual Daytona 500.
Bubba Wallace won the Daytona Duel No. 1 in the No. 23 Toyota of 23XI Racing, topping defending Daytona 500 winner William Byron on the final lap. With the victory, Wallace secures the No. 3 starting spot in Sunday’s race.
Following a video review by NASCAR, Team Penske driver Austin Cindric was declared the winner of Duel No. 2 over Legacy Motor Club driver Erik Jones. Cindric, in the No. 2 Ford, and Jones, in the No. 43 Toyota, took the checkered flag at seemingly the same time, but because a caution flag was thrown less than a second before, NASCAR had to review which driver was leading when the yellow flag waved.
NASCAR Teams: 2025 Daytona 500 Drives Grid, Full starting lineup by row.
Daytona 500 starting lineup by row
Row 1
No. 19 Chase Briscoe
No. 2 Austin Cindric
Row 2
No. 23 Bubba Wallace
No. 43 Erik Jones
Row 3
No. 24 William Byron
No. 17 Chris Buescher
Row 4
No. 10 Ty Dillon
No. 11 Denny Hamlin
Row 5
No. 1 Ross Chastain
No. 22 Joey Logano
Row 6
No. 45 Tyler Reddick
No. 01 Corey LaJoie
Row 7
No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
No. 34 Todd Gilliland
Row 8
No. 3 Austin Dillon
No. 12 Ryan Blaney
Row 9
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No. 9 Chase Elliott
No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
Row 10
No. 40 Justin Allgaier
No. 20 Christopher Bell
Row 11
No. 8 Kyle Busch
No. 5 Kyle Larson
Row 12
No. 54 Ty Gibbs
No. 35 Riley Herbst
Row 13
No. 71 Michael McDowell
No. 88 Shane van Gisbergen
Row 14
No. 60 Ryan Preece
No. 51 Cody Ware
Row 15
No. 4 Josh Berry
No. 41 Cole Custer
Row 16
No. 56 Martin Truex Jr.
No. 4 Noah Gragson
Row 17
No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
No. 84 Jimmie Johnson
Row 18
No. 77 Carson Hocevar
No. 6 Brad Keselowski
Row 19
No. 7 Justin Haley
No. 99 Daniel Suarez
Row 20
No. 38 Zane Smith
No. 48 Alex Bowman
Row 21
No. 91 Helio Castroneves
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