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NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500 Duel 1

Daytona International Speedway

February 15th, 2024

Race #0 of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 60
Miles Raced : 150.0
Time of Race : 00 Hours 53 minutes 35 seconds
Average Speed: 167.963 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.056 seconds
Cautions: 1
Caution Laps: 4
Lead Changes: 15

Daytona Beach, Florida - February 14th, 2024: Jimmie Johnson speaks to the Media during the NASCAR Cup Series 66th Annual Daytona 500 Media Day at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images

Driver	ST	50%	10%	FIN	HI	LW	AVG	PC D	Pass	Passed	PS D	Q PASS	Fast	%T15	TOT Led	Laps	Rating
Tyler Reddick	19	8	8	1	1	20	10.1	+18	110	92	+18	96	3	86.7%	1	60	96.9
Chase Elliott	3	13	3	2	1	18	9.4	+1	101	101	+0	86	2	91.7%	0	60	82.5
Alex Bowman	9	9	9	3	3	16	8.9	+6	112	106	+6	108	2	98.3%	0	60	89.6
Carson Hocevar	20	14	5	4	3	21	13.6	+16	120	105	+15	75	6	56.7%	0	60	69.2
Erik Jones	12	5	11	5	1	20	6.7	+7	90	84	+6	83	2	91.7%	5	60	101.4
Daniel Suarez	10	7	2	6	1	10	4.9	+4	109	107	+2	105	1	100.0%	2	60	97.6
Joey Logano	1	18	6	7	1	20	12.5	-6	88	96	-8	51	0	51.7%	1	60	59.6
Ty Gibbs	15	6	4	8	3	19	8.0	+7	112	107	+5	101	1	88.3%	0	60	87.1
Kyle Larson	2	2	1	9	1	10	3.5	-7	86	92	-6	85	1	100.0%	20	60	102.4
Chris Buescher	8	20	7	10	3	20	13.7	-2	84	88	-4	52	4	51.7%	0	60	53.3
Ross Chastain	5	10	14	11	2	20	11.8	-6	97	109	-12	91	2	81.7%	0	60	54.0
Jimmie Johnson	18	4	17	12	2	19	9.2	+6	110	105	+5	99	4	78.3%	0	60	87.9
Ryan Preece	7	19	10	13	2	20	14.8	-6	87	93	-6	40	1	43.3%	0	60	45.8
Martin Truex Jr	14	1	16	14	1	20	7.0	+0	72	75	-3	66	2	83.3%	14	60	77.9
Corey Lajoie	17	15	12	15	1	17	10.5	+2	129	127	+2	117	1	96.7%	1	60	63.5
Todd Gilliland	6	11	15	17	1	17	10.6	-11	72	82	-10	61	1	88.3%	1	60	62.0
Austin Dillon	4	12	18	18	2	20	13.3	-14	85	98	-13	71	6	68.3%	0	60	45.1
Anthony Alfredo	11	21	19	19	11	21	20.3	-8	9	18	-9	5	2	5.0%	0	59	25.5
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	16	3	20	20	1	20	8.2	-4	81	80	+1	77	5	75.0%	15	51	81.6
Daniel Hemric	13	16	21	21	11	20	17.6	-8	92	91	+1	32	2	21.7%	0	49	32.9

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Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 at DAYTONA
Race Winner: Tyler Reddick
Age: 28
Team : No. 45 - Nasty Beast Toyota
Owner: 23XI Racing
Crew Chief: Billy Scott
Tyler Reddick won the Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 at DAYTONA, his first victory in the Daytona 500 qualifying races.
This is 23XI Racing's first Bluegreen Vacations Duel win.
Legacy Motor Club's Jimmie Johnson has raced his way into the Daytona 500, in an Open car.

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Tyler Reddick win Duel, as Jimmie Johnson races into DAYTONA 500

February 15th, 2024

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

With a deft move to the inside in the final corner of the first of two Bluegreen Vacations Duel 150-mile qualifying races on Thursday night, 19th-place starter Tyler Reddick took the checkered flag and earned the inside second-row starting position for Sunday’s DAYTONA 500 (2:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

And by the skin of his teeth, in that same Duel, seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and recent NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Jimmie Johnson edged J.J. Yeley for one of the final two starting spots in the Great American Race.

In the two races that set the field for the DAYTONA 500—and in which the Toyotas managed a sweep after a lackluster qualifying effort on Wednesday—Christopher Bell led only the final lap of the second Duel, holding off 2022 DAYTONA 500 winner Austin Cindric for the victory.

As Bell was securing the outside starting spot on the second row for Sunday’s race, Kaz Grala edged B.J. McLeod for the final spot in the field by. 0.067 seconds. Grala ran 12th to McLeod’s 14th in a battle that wasn’t settled until the last few yards of the final lap.

As Reddick was outfoxing three Hendrick Chevrolets at the front of the field on Lap 60 of the first Duel—clearing Chase Elliott and diving to the inside of Kyle Larson’s Camaro—Johnson was in dire peril of missing the 500 in his first competitive race in a Legacy Motor Club Toyota.

Johnson trailed Yeley by a car-length through Turn 4, but Yeley moved to the top lane, and Johnson shoved the Chevrolet of Ross Chastain through a gap in the middle lane and used the momentum to overtake Yeley as the cars approached the checkered flag.

As a result, Johnson will race on Sunday, and Yeley will not. In the scramble to the finish line, Johnson finished 12th and Yeley 16th.

“I’ve never been in a position like this before, and I have such a greater appreciation for everyone before me that’s tried to race their way in,” said Johnson, who overcame a spin with 10 laps left to edge Yeley for the available spot.

“It’s very stressful. I’m very thankful we got this Carvana Toyota into this race. I knew the first half of the race was going too easy. I knew there’d be a challenge thrown at us, and we got it just in time. Hats off to J.J. Yeley. He put up a heck of a fight in a very competitive car.”

A rueful Yeley second-guessed the closing move that didn’t work.

“Side-by-side coming to two (laps) to go, I thought we were in really good shape,” Yeley said. “Coming into Turn 3 (on the final lap), I wasn’t counting my chickens, but I was getting close. Saw there was some contact. Someone in the middle lost a lot of momentum.

“I made a split-second decision to go to the outside, carry the momentum, clear him, make the racetrack two-wide where he couldn’t pass. He stayed in the middle. The 19 (Martin Truex Jr.) pushed him. The momentum carried him all the way to the checkered flag.

“It sucks. Two years ago we were close. Just couldn’t get it.”

As if knowing his victory was a sidebar to the drama surrounding Johnson, Reddick kept his postrace interview to a minimum.

“Great way to start off the weekend,” said Reddick, who led only the final lap in his No. 45 23XI Toyota and beat runner-up Elliott to the finish line by 0.056 seconds. “This thing is a beast. It’s a great way to kick off the brand-new (sponsor’s) product. Go out and get some Hard Tea, have a good time tonight. I know we are.”