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NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500 Duel 2

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 55 minutes 51 seconds
Average Speed: 161.146 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.113 seconds
Cautions: 1
Caution Laps: 4
Lead Changes: 13

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Driver	ST	50%	10%	FIN	HI	LW	AVG	PC D	Pass	Passed	PS D	Q PASS	Fast	%T15	TOT Led	Laps	Rating
Christopher Bell	16	2	5	1	1	18	5.9	+15	101	91	+10	95	4	98.3%	1	60	105.0
Austin Cindric	2	11	2	2	2	15	6.9	+0	118	120	-2	115	2	100.0%	0	60	85.8
Denny Hamlin	17	17	3	3	1	20	12.3	+14	113	99	+14	52	2	45.0%	5	60	62.7
John Hunter Nemechek	19	19	7	4	3	21	15.1	+15	96	91	+5	32	4	35.0%	0	60	57.5
Harrison Burton	5	13	11	5	1	18	10.2	+0	112	119	-7	104	1	93.3%	1	60	71.4
Zane Smith	18	3	9	6	3	21	8.7	+12	104	105	-1	92	1	88.3%	0	60	68.5
Brad Keselowski	12	18	4	7	2	21	14.2	+5	106	105	+1	60	4	46.7%	0	60	54.2
William Byron	3	10	13	8	1	17	8.1	-5	105	103	+2	96	2	100.0%	5	60	81.2
Chase Briscoe	7	16	12	9	3	21	13.2	-2	120	118	+2	86	2	70.0%	0	60	58.8
Justin Haley	15	7	14	10	3	21	11.5	+5	105	102	+3	81	5	71.7%	0	60	69.8
Bubba Wallace	14	1	15	11	1	19	7.5	+3	84	80	+4	78	5	88.3%	21	60	91.6
Kaz Grala	21	20	6	12	3	21	16.8	+9	105	110	-5	28	9	26.7%	0	60	39.3
AJ Allmendinger	10	8	8	13	1	18	8.6	-3	120	123	-3	114	1	96.7%	2	60	66.5
BJ McLeod	20	5	16	14	3	21	11.8	+6	106	104	+2	78	1	66.7%	0	60	61.6
David Ragan	13	21	10	15	2	21	16.2	-2	95	106	-11	42	3	38.3%	0	60	41.7
Michael McDowell	1	9	1	16	1	16	5.9	-15	87	102	-15	86	0	93.3%	17	60	73.3
Josh Berry	11	14	17	17	6	19	14.9	-6	107	108	-1	72	2	53.3%	0	48	54.4
Ryan Blaney	9	15	18	18	1	19	13.7	-9	91	86	+5	66	2	58.3%	1	47	56.3
Kyle Busch	4	12	19	19	2	18	11.2	-15	89	94	-5	80	1	75.0%	0	47	67.9
Riley Herbst	6	4	20	20	1	18	8.5	-14	90	97	-7	85	3	76.7%	7	47	104.2
Noah Gragson	8	6	21	21	1	15	9.9	-13	90	97	-7	89	0	78.3%	0	47	77.2

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Race Fast Facts

Daytona International Speedway
Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 at DAYTONA
Race Winner: Christopher Bell
Age: 29
Team : No. 20 - DEWALT/Interstate Batteries Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
Crew Chief: Adam Stevens
Christopher Bell won the Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 at DAYTONA, his first victory in the Daytona 500 qualifying race.
Front Row Motorsports' Kaz Grala has raced into the Daytona 500.

Race Recap

Christopher bell wins Duel 2 and a Sweep for Toyota

February 15th, 2024

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Bell’s victory followed a massive wreck in Turn 1 on Lap 48. Defending series champion Ryan Blaney took a jarring hit after contact from Kyle Busch’s Chevrolet—with a shot to Busch’s Camaro from Brad Keselowski behind him–turned the Chevrolet of Willian Byron into Blaney’s Ford and ignited an 11-car melee.

Byron’s car had gotten loose and lost pace, stacking the field up behind him. The wreck eliminated Blaney, Busch, Riley Herbst and Noah Gragson.

“I was just getting a push from the No. 6 (Keselowski) there, and the No. 24 (Byron) I saw kind of got messed up, out of line and slowed down,” Busch explained. “I tried to lift and roll out of the gas smoothly. I was still gaining too fast, and then I got all the way out of the gas. Got bumped again from behind and just accordioned into the No. 24 and sent him spinning.

“You don’t want to hit a guy in the tri-oval. I’ve been there, I’ve done that. I’ve also rolled out of here in an ambulance before doing that, so I know it’s not the right thing to do, but sometimes you don’t have a choice, and I turned the No. 24 sideways and caused a wreck.”

Bell restarted fourth with eight laps left and surged into the lead on the final circuit.

“Yeah, it feels good,” Bell said. “These (superspeedway) races, man, I don’t know what to think of ’em. Me and Adam Stevens, my crew chief, we have a running joke: I say these races are 100-percent luck. I know that’s not true, but it seems like we’ve been struggling to get to the end of it. I know I’ve been a common denominator in a lot of the wrecks. Feels good to do everything well today.”

Grala, who failed to qualify for last year’s DAYTONA 500 in his only attempt at a Cup race in 2023, found redemption this year in the No. 36 Front Row Motorsports Ford.

“Just really proud of everybody at Front Row Motorsports,” Grala said. “They worked so hard the last 24 hours to get the car ready to race today. Some trouble yesterday. Really cool to be able to get it in the show for them. Real big opportunity for me. Excited to be here on Sunday again.”

By virtue of his second-place finish in the first Duel, Elliott will line up on the inside of the third row on Sunday, with the rest of the Duel 1 cars behind him in finishing order. Alex Bowman was third on Thursday, followed by Sunoco rookie Carson Hocevar and Erik Jones, who led the Toyota contingent with a 22nd-place run in Wednesday’s time trials.

The second Duel set the outside row for the 500, with three-time DAYTONA 500 winner Denny Hamlin securing the outside fourth-row starting spot with a third-place finish. John Hunter Nemechek and Harrison Burton were fourth and fifth in Duel 2.