While Justin Allgaier's hard-fought ninth place finish to make the Daytona 500 — and Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s happy tears — overshadowed Bubba Wallace's victory in the first Duel, Thursday's second Duel race built up to an epic photo finish.
Corey LaJoie, running near the front of the field, had his ticket to Sunday's big race largely locked up — but the fight for the win was far from decided. Erik Jones and Austin Cindric, deadlocked while exiting the final corner, both lost their pushers as the field fanned out three-wide in their rearviews. It was a one-on-one race to the line, with Jones barely nosing ahead of Cindric.
