Who won NASCAR Daytona 500 Duel races? Full results from Duels at Daytona International Speedway

23XI Racing driver Bubba Wallace and 2022 Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric won the Duel 1 and Duel 2, respectively, on Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway. The results of duels have set the starting lineup for Sunday’s Daytona 500.

Wallace emerged victorious when he held off the charge from last year's Daytona 500 winner William Byron with the help of a push from teammate Tyler Reddick to win the 60-lap duel qualifying. The #23 Toyota driver will start third in the 2025 Daytona 500 starting lineup on Sunday (February 16). Wallace crossed the finish line 0.082 seconds ahead of Byron to take the checkered flag.

Whereas in Duel 2 at Daytona, Austin Cindric narrowly edged Erik Jones for the victory when the caution flag flew before the finish line on the final lap for a massive wreck behind them. Jones will start fourth.

Among uncharted cars, Justin Allgaier and Corey LaJoie were the fastest in their respective duels and locked their spot in Sunday’s 500-mile main event of a 41-driver field. Allgaier finished ninth in Duel 1 while LaJoie finished sixth in Duel 2.

Five of nine open drivers who qualified for “The Great American Race” are Jimmie Johnson, Martin Truex Jr., Justin Allgaier, Corey LaJoie, and Helio Castroneves (through the Open Exemption Provisional rule).

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Daytona 500 Duels qualifying results

Here are the final results of the 2025 Daytona 500 qualifying Duels at Daytona International Speedway.

Duel 1 at Daytona

1. #23 - Bubba Wallace
2. #24 - William Byron
3. #10 - Ty Dillon
4. #1 - Ross Chastain
5. #45 - Tyler Reddick
6. #16 - AJ Allmendinger
7. #3 - Austin Dillon
8. #9 - Chase Elliott
9. #40 - Justin Allgaier
10. #8 - Kyle Busch
11. #54 - Ty Gibbs
12. #71 - Michael McDowell
13. #60 - Ryan Preece
14. #21 - Josh Berry
15. #56 - Martin Truex, Jr.
16. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
17. #44 - JJ Yeley
18. #77 - Carson Hocevar
19. #19 - Chase Briscoe
20. #66 - Chandler Smith
21. #7 - Justin Haley
22. #91 - Helio Castroneves
23. #38 - Zane Smith

Duel 2 at Daytona

1. #2 - Austin Cindric
2. #43 - Erik Jones
3. #17 - Chris Buescher
4. #11 - Denny Hamlin
5. #22 - Joey Logano
6. #01 - Corey LaJoie
7. #34 - Todd Gilliland
8. #12 - Ryan Blaney
9. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
10. #20 - Christopher Bell
11. #5 - Kyle Larson
12. #35 - Riley Herbst
13. #62 - Anthony Alfredo
14. #88 - Shane Van Gisbergen
15. #51 - Cody Ware
16. #41 - Cole Custer
17. #78 - BJ McLeod
18. #4 - Noah Gragson
19. #84 - Jimmie Johnson
20. #6 - Brad Keselowski
21. #99 - Daniel Suarez
22. #48 - Alex Bowman