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NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500 Duel 2

Daytona International Speedway

February 15th, 2025

Race #0 of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 60
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
Cars in Race : 21
Finished On Lead Lap: 16 (76%)

Christopher Bell drives after winnin — Daytona Beach, Florida - February 15th, 2024: Christopher Bell, driver of the #20 DEWALT/Interstate Batteries Toyota, drives after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Bluegreen Vacations Duel #2 at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	Laps	Led	x Led	STUS
1	16	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	60	1	1	Running
2	2	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	60	0	0	Running
3	17	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	60	5	1	Running
4	19	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	60	0	0	Running
5	5	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	60	1	1	Running
6	18	71	Zane Smith	Chevrolet	60	0	0	Running
7	12	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	60	0	0	Running
8	3	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	60	5	2	Running
9	7	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	60	0	0	Running
10	15	51	Justin Haley	Ford	60	0	0	Running
11	14	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	60	21	1	Running
12	21	36	Kaz Grala	Ford	60	0	0	Running
13	10	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	60	2	1	Running
14	20	78	BJ McLeod	Chevrolet	60	0	0	Running
15	13	60	David Ragan	Ford	60	0	0	Running
16	1	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	60	17	3	Running
17	11	4	Josh Berry	Ford	48	0	0	Fuel Pump
18	9	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	47	1	1	Accident
19	4	8	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	47	0	0	Accident
20	6	15	Riley Herbst	Ford	47	7	3	Accident
21	8	10	Noah Gragson	Ford	47	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Daytona 500 Duel 2 at Daytona International Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Kaz Grala	Pre-Race to the Rear Engine Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Zane Smith	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	43	44	Green
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	48	52	Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	48	52	Yellow
Justin Haley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	48	52	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	48	52	Yellow
Harrison Burton	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	48	52	Yellow
David Ragan	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	49	52	Yellow
Josh Berry	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	49	0	Yellow

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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.