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NASCAR Cup Series

Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 at Daytona

Daytona International Speedway

February 11th, 2021

Race #0 of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 60
- Extended to 63 laps
Miles Raced : 157.5
Time of Race : 00 Hours 59 minutes 47 seconds
Average Speed: 158.071 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.057 seconds
Cautions: 2
Caution Laps: 8
Lead Changes: 14
Cars in Race : 22
Finished On Lead Lap: 14 (64%)

#23 NASCAR Next Gen car — Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	STUS
1	4	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	10	10	63	2	2	Running
2	2	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	9	9	63	3	2	Running
3	3	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	8	8	63	11	4	Running
4	8	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	7	7	63	0	0	Running
5	5	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	6	6	63	0	0	Running
6	9	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	5	5	63	4	1	Running
7	17	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	4	4	63	0	0	Running
8	6	36	David Ragan	Ford	3	3	63	0	0	Running
9	7	1	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	2	2	63	0	0	Running
10	15	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	1	1	63	0	0	Running
11	13	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	0	0	63	0	0	Running
12	14	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	0	0	63	9	2	Running
13	20	53	Joey Gase	Ford	0	0	63	0	0	Running
14	10	16	Kaz Grala	Chevrolet	0	0	63	0	0	Running
15	11	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	0	0	61	0	0	Running
16	18	13	Garrett Smithley	Ford	0	0	61	0	0	Running
17	21	15	Derrike Cope	Chevrolet	0	0	59	0	0	Running
18	22	62	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	0	0	56	0	0	Accident
19	1	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	0	0	56	34	3	Accident
20	12	42	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	0	0	56	0	0	Accident
21	16	38	Anthony Alfredo	Ford	0	0	35	0	0	Accident
22	19	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	0	0	35	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 at Daytona at Daytona International Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Joey Gase	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Derrike Cope	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	33	35	Green
Garrett Smithley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	36	40	Yellow
Kaz Grala	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	36	40	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	36	40	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	37	0	Yellow
Brad Keselowski	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	57	61	Yellow
Garrett Smithley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	57	61	Yellow

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Austin Dillon wins the Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 at Daytona

February 12th, 2021

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

As racing resumed at Daytona International Speedway following a two-hour plus rain delay Thursday night, there was a definitive sense of urgency in the field for the Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 at Daytona as the clock passed midnight.

While the Toyota contingent of Martin Truex Jr., Bubba Wallace and Kyle Busch pushed to the front on the restart with two laps remaining in overtime, it was Austin Dillon - with a well-timed shove from former teammate Kevin Harvick - who rallied to the front, dropped low on Wallace and then won the drag race to the checkered flag for his first career Duel victory - a mere .057-seconds over Wallace.

It is the first Daytona qualifying race Dillon has won and he did it leading the only two laps on the night, lap 33 and then the last lap (63). It was similar to what he did in winning the 2018 Daytona 500 in the famed Richard Childress Racing No. 3 Chevrolet when he led only the last lap - finishing a quarter-second ahead of Wallace then too.

"I was talking to spotter before the restart and he was like, ‘we've got the 4 (Harvick) behind us and he's been pushing well all night'. He had the 12 [Ryan Blaney in a Ford, like Harvick] so I knew the manufacturer thing was going to be tough," Dillon said.

"I made a decent block on the backstretch and just a heckuva push through three and four. I knew Bubba was going to try and block, but I just whipped the wheel and it worked out well."

The race marked the debut of Wallace's 23XI Racing team, the No. 23 Toyota co-owned by three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin and NBA legend Michael Jordan. Wallace was fourth fastest in pole qualifying and finished runner-up in the 2018 Daytona 500 - so this is a venue where he is particularly optimistic about delivering for the new operation.

"A lot of mistakes," Wallace said after climbing out of his Toyota. "Good debut but nothing to be really happy about for myself. It's okay for drivers to be hard on themselves, that's how we motivate ourselves to go out there and be better.

"Hats off to my guys at 23XI for a great DoorDash Toyota Camry. I tried to do all I could to help [Martin] Truex there get Toyota a win. I appreciate Kyle [Busch] for cutting me a lot of breaks.

"I know I have a lot to learn here, but all in all it was a good night. I've got some learning to do."

A five-car accident with four laps of regulation remaining forced the overtime period. Garrett Smithley - who needed to race his way into the Daytona 500 field - made contact with former NASCAR Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski triggering a chain-reaction accident.

Outside pole-sitter William Byron, who led a race best 35 of the 63 laps, was also caught in the melee and his Hendrick Motorsports team will have to use a back-up version of his No. 24 Chevrolet in Sunday's Daytona 500.

Harvick, a former series champion who won a series-high nine races last year, helped push his former RCR teammate Dillon to the front. He finished third, followed by Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch and reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott.

Veteran David Ragan finished eighth - best among the Open cars, needing to earn a position in the Daytona 500 field. Kaz Grala finished 14 and took the last open position in the 40-car field.

The NASCAR Cup Series will have two more practices prior to the Daytona 500 - a pair of sessions on Saturday. The Daytona 500 is set for Sunday (2:30 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Nine times previously a winner from the Duel qualifying race has gone on to win the Daytona 500. Denny Hamlin is trying to win a record third consecutive Daytona 500.