NASCAR Duel 2026 Results, Daytona 500 Starting Lineup After Qualifying Race

The starting lineup for the 2026 Daytona 500 was determined on Thursday night.

NASCAR Cup Series drivers competed in two Duel races to decide their starting positions for the Great American Race. Duel No. 1 and Duel No. 2 finalized the order of the inside and outside rows for the beginning of the race, respectively.

Joey Logano emerged victorious in Duel No. 1 before Chase Elliott won Duel No. 2.

They'll start behind the top two cars after Kyle Busch secured pole position and Chase Briscoe locked up the No. 2 spot in Wednesday's single-car qualifying.

Here are the results from each Duel as well as the full starting lineup for the Daytona 500.

Duel 1 Results

1. Joey Logano
2. Ryan Blaney
3. Austin Dillon
4. Brad Keselowski
5. John Hunter Nemechek
6. Shane van Gisbergen
7. Daniel Suárez
8. Casey Mears
9. Ryan Preece
10. Alex Bowman
11. Cole Custer
12. Noah Gragson
13. Bubba Wallace
14. Corey Heim
15. Jimmie Johnson
16. Chandler Smith
17. Cody Ware
18. Kyle Busch
19. Corey LaJoie
20. AJ Allmendinger
21. Ross Chastain
22. William Byron
23. Chris Buescher

Duel 2 Results

1. Chase Elliott
2. Carson Hocevar
3. Kyle Larson
4. Michael McDowell
5. Christopher Bell
6. Josh Berry
7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
8. Todd Gilliland
9. Ty Gibbs
10. Denny Hamlin
11. Erik Jones
12. Tyler Reddick
13. Riley Herbst
14. Zane Smith
15. Connor Zilisch
16. Ty Dillon
17. Austin Cindric
18. Anthony Alfredo
19. BJ McLeod
20. Chase Briscoe
21. Justin Allgaier
22. J.J. Yeley

Daytona 500 Starting Lineup

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

After several early lead changes in the first Duel race, Logano finally moved in front after opening in the No. 6 spot.

He remained ahead as a five-car accident with four laps remaining caused the caution flag to fly. Logano was still able to secure the win after another caution on the final lap, earning the fourth qualifier victory of his career.

"I do think we have a strong race car, obviously a fast race car, we proved that," Logano said after the race, per Jenna Fryer of the Associated Press. "There's definitely some things I want to work on, no doubt. It's always like that. We have to have speed. We'll work on some handling pieces, but I feel like we're pretty close."

As for Elliott, he earned his third career win in the Duels.

The second race was much cleaner than the first, as it never went to caution. Chase Briscoe led for the majority of the laps before Elliott surged in front late, holding off pushes from Carson Hocevar and Kyle Larson to wrap up the victory.

Both Logano and Elliott earned 10 points for the 2026 regular season by winning their respective Duels.

The Daytona 500 will begin on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET.