Bubba Wallace, Austin Cindric wins the 2025 Daytona 500 Duel races: Highlights, full results

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 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.

Austin Cindric wins the 2025 Daytona Duel No. 2

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.

Cindric was already locked into the front row of Sunday's Daytona 500 after finishing second behind pole winner Chase Briscoe in Wednesday's pole qualifying. But his win in Duel No. 2 will generate extra regular-season points. With his second-place finish, Jones sewed up the No. 4 starting spot in the 67th annual Daytona 500.

RFK Racing's Chris Buescher finished third in the No. 17 Ford, Denny Hamlin finished fourth in the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, and reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano took fifth in the No. 22 Team Penske Ford.

Complete 2025 Daytona Duel No. 2 results

(Starting position in parentheses)

(1) Austin Cindric, Ford

(18) Erik Jones, Toyota

(9) Chris Buescher, Ford

(3) Denny Hamlin, Toyota

(2) Joey Logano, Ford

(17) Corey LaJoie, Ford

(7) Todd Gilliland, Ford

(10) Ryan Blaney, Ford

(19) John Hunter Nemechek, Toyota

(4) Christopher Bell, Toyota

(5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet

(13) Riley Herbst, Toyota

(20) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet

(15) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet

(22) Cody Ware, Ford

(16) Cole Custer, Ford

(21) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet

(11) Noah Gragson, Ford

(14) Jimmie Johnson, Toyota

(8) Brad Keselowski, Ford

(12) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet

(6) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet

Bubba Wallace wins the 2025 Daytona Duel No. 1

Bubba Wallace's No. 23 Toyota outdueled William Byron's No. 24 Chevrolet and Ty Dillon's No. 10 Chevrolet to take the checkered flag in Duel No. 1 at Daytona. With the win, Wallace clinches the third starting spot in Sunday's Daytona 500. Wallace led six times for 20 laps.

Trackhouse Racing's Ross Chastain finished fourth in the No. 1 Chevy, and Wallace's 23XI Racing teammate Tyler Reddick finished fifth in the No. 45 Toyota.

Justin Allgaier raced his way into the Daytona 500 field as an open car after finishing ninth. Allgaier, the defending NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, is driving the No. 40 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports, the team co-owned by NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller that is making its Daytona 500 debut.

2025 Daytona Duel No. 1 full results

(Starting position in parentheses)

(15) Bubba Wallace, Toyota

(11) William Byron, Chevrolet

(5) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet

(19) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet

(14) Tyler Reddick, Toyota

(10) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet

(4) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet

(8) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet

(17) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet

(7) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet

(13) Ty Gibbs, Toyota

(9) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet

(2) Ryan Preece, Ford

(3) Josh Berry, Ford

(12) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota

(21) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet

(23) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet

(18) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet

(1) Chase Briscoe, Toyota

(22) Chandler Smith, Ford

(16)Justin Haley, Chevrolet

(20) Helio Castroneves, Chevrolet

(6) Zane Smith, Ford

Who won the 2024 Daytona Duel races?

Tyler Reddick won Duel No. 1 last year in the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota. Christopher Bell won Duel No. 2 in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

Who won last year's Daytona 500?

William Byron won the 66th annual Daytona 500 to kick off the 2024 season. The 26-year-old edged Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman at the checkered flag. Byron’s win gave team owner Rick Hendrick a record-tying nine Daytona 500 victories, becoming the sixth different driver in the team's history to win the iconic race.

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