NASCAR Duel 2025 Results: Daytona 500 Starting Lineup After Qualifying Race

NASCAR Cup Series drivers competed for positioning in Sunday's Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Thursday night.

Drivers participated in a pair of Duel races to determine their starting positions. Duel No. 1 gave drivers the opportunity to compete for spots on the inside lane and Duel No. 2 determined the order of the Daytona 500 outside lane.

Bubba Wallace won Duel No. 1, while 2022 Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric emerged victorious in Duel No. 2.

Prior to Thursday's qualifying, Chase Briscoe clinched pole position in the “Great American Race" by posting the fastest lap time in Wednesday night’s qualifying session. Cindric previously clinched a spot on the front row by finishing with the second-fastest time as well.

The remaining lineup for the Daytona 500 was determined after Thursday's Duel races.

Here is the full starting lineup.

Daytona 500 Starting Lineup

1. Chase Briscoe
2. Austin Cindric
3. Bubba Wallace
4. Erik Jones
5. William Byron
6. Chris Buescher
7. Ty Dillon
8. Denny Hamlin
9. Ross Chastain
10. Joey Logano
11. Tyler Reddick
12. Corey LaJoie
13. AJ Allmendinger
14. Todd Gilliland
15. Austin Dillon
16. Ryan Blaney
17. Chase Elliott
18. John Hunter Nemechek
19. Justin Allgaier
20. Christopher Bell
21. Kyle Busch
22. Kyle Larson
23. Ty Gibbs
24. Riley Herbst
25. Michael McDowell
26. Shane Van Gisbergen
27. Ryan Preece
28. Cody Ware
29. Josh Berry
30. Cole Custer
31. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
32. Noah Gragson
33. Carson Hocevar
34. Brad Keselowski
35. Justin Haley
36. Daniel Suárez
37. Zane Smith
38. Alex Bowman
39. Martin Truex Jr.
40. Jimmie Johnson
41. Hélio Castroneves

Wallace secured the No. 3 position in Sunday's race by winning Duel No. 1, leading six times for 20 laps in his No. 23 Toyota. This included the final three laps.

“I’ve wanted one of these Duel wins for so long, all my buddies have got them,” Wallace said afterwards, via Yahoo Sports' Nick Bromberg.

A multi-car crash occurred on the 14th lap involving Chandler Smith, Justin Haley, Ty Gibbs and Hélio Castroneves.

Castroneves, a four-time Indianapolis 500 champion, will still be participating in the Dayton 500 despite the wreck due to the Open Exemption Provisional. The provisional, which NASCAR granted, was designed to give world-class drivers that are not full-time NASCAR competitors a chance to compete.

Duel No. 2 required a photo finish, with Cindric narrowly edging out Erik Jones. Cindric and Jones appeared to take the checkered flag at the same time, but a caution flag was thrown just before.

Following a video review, Cindric was declared the winner as his No. 2 Ford was mere inches ahead of Jones' No. 43 Toyota once the caution was thrown.

Cindric already held the No. 2 spot in Sunday's race due to his performance in Wednesday's qualifying session, but he received extra regular-season points for the victory.

Chris Buescher, Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin finished within the top five in Duel No. 2 to clinch starting spots within the Daytona 500 top 10.

Sunday's race will begin at 2:30 p.m. ET.