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Follow along with our Daytona 500 qualifying updates ahead of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway.
The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season is scheduled to get underway this Sunday, February 19 at Daytona International Speedway with the 65th annual Daytona 500.
With 42 drivers on the entry list and the field for the 200-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) high-banked Daytona Beach, Florida oval capped at 40 cars, two drivers who attempt to qualify will fail to do so. The 36 chartered entries are locked into the race, leaving six drivers to battle for four spots.
Wednesday night’s single-car qualifying session (8:15 p.m. ET, Fox Sports 1), which will set the starting lineups for Thursday’s two 60-lap Bluegreen Vacations Duels qualifying races (7:00 p.m. ET, Fox Sports 1) and the front row for the Daytona 500 itself, will lock two non-chartered entries into the race.
The remaining four will battle for the final two spots in Thursday’s Duel races, which will set the full starting lineup for the Daytona 500.
Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the NASCAR Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500.
NOTE: * = driver is driving a non-chartered entry and is therefore not locked into the Daytona 500.
Duel No. 1 starting lineup
1st – Alex Bowman 2nd – William Byron 3rd – Joey Logano 4th – Ryan Blaney 5th – Harrison Burton 6th – Bubba Wallace 7th – Chris Buescher 8th – Ross Chastain 9th – Kevin Harvick 10th – Ty Gibbs 11th – Christopher Bell 12th – Jimmie Johnson* (now locked in; can still lock in via Duel and thus give speed spot to Zane Smith) 13th – Michael McDowell 14th – Erik Jones 15th – Zane Smith* 16th – A.J. Allmendinger 17th – Austin Dillon 18th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 19th – Cody Ware 20th – Ty Dillon 21st – Chandler Smith*
Duel No. 2 starting lineup
1st – Kyle Larson 2nd – Aric Almirola 3rd – Chase Briscoe 4th – Austin Cindric 5th – Kyle Busch 6th – Daniel Suarez 7th – Chase Elliott 8th – Ryan Preece 9th – Brad Keselowski 10th – Tyler Reddick 11th – Martin Truex Jr. 12th – Travis Pastrana* (now locked in; can still lock in via Duel and thus give speed spot to either Austin Hill or Zane Smith) 13th – Denny Hamlin 14th – Noah Gragson 15th – Justin Haley 16th – Austin Hill* 17th – Todd Gilliland 18th – B.J. McLeod 19th – Riley Herbst 20th – Corey LaJoie 21st – Conor Daly*
Daytona 500 – Full starting lineup
Check back after Bluegreen Vacations Duels
1st – Alex Bowman 2nd – Kyle Larson
Top 10 single-car group
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (miles per hour) 1st – Alex Bowman – No. 48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 181.686 2nd – Kyle Larson – No. 5, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 181.057 3rd – William Byron – No. 24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 180.727 4th – Aric Almirola – No. 10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 180.723 5th – Joey Logano – No. 22, Team Penske, Ford – 180.712 6th – Chase Briscoe – No. 14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 180.661 7th – Ryan Blaney – No. 12, Team Penske, Ford – 180.054 8th – Austin Cindric – No. 2, Team Penske, Ford – 180.014 9th – Harrison Burton – No. 21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 179.748 10th – Kyle Busch – No. 8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 0
Single-car qualifying results (11th and lower)
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (miles per hour) 11th – Bubba Wallace – No. 23, 23XI Racing, Toyota – 180.011 12th – Daniel Suarez – No. 99, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet – 179.921 13th – Chris Buescher – No. 17, RFK Racing, Ford – 179.888 14th – Chase Elliott – No. 9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 179.881 15th – Ross Chastain – No. 1, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet – 179.863 16th – Ryan Preece – No. 41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 179.849 17th – Kevin Harvick – No. 4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 179.684 18th – Brad Keselowski – No. 6, RFK Racing, Ford – 179.673 19th – Ty Gibbs – No. 54, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 179.616 20th – Tyler Reddick – No. 45, 23XI Racing, Toyota – 179.612 21st – Christopher Bell – No. 20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 179.497 22nd – Martin Truex Jr. – No. 19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 179.347 23rd – Jimmie Johnson* – No. 84, Legacy Motor Club, Chevrolet – 179.276 24th – Michael McDowell – No. 34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 179.265 25th – Travis Pastrana* – No. 67, 23XI Racing, Toyota – 179.254 26th – Denny Hamlin – No. 11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 179.154 27th – Erik Jones – No. 43, Legacy Motor Club, Chevrolet – 178.998 28th – Noah Gragson – No. 42, Legacy Motor Club, Chevrolet – 178.941 29th – Zane Smith* – No. 36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 178.862 30th – A.J. Allmendinger – No. 16, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 178.813 31st – Justin Haley – No. 31, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 178.763 32nd – Austin Hill* – No. 62, Beard Motorsports, Chevrolet – 178.66 33rd – Austin Dillon – No. 3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 178.525 34th – Todd Gilliland – No. 38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 178.204 35th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – No. 47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 177.925 36th – B.J. McLeod – No. 78, Live Fast Motorsports, Chevrolet – 177.834 37th – Cody Ware – No. 51, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 177.169 38th – Riley Herbst – No. 15, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 176.849 39th – Ty Dillon – No. 77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 176.315 40th – Corey LaJoie – No. 7, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 176.287 41st – Chandler Smith* – No. 13, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 175.022 42nd – Conor Daly* – No. 50, The Money Team Racing, Chevrolet – 0
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