On Wednesday evening, Kyle Busch rocketed to the top of the speed charts in the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, securing pole position for this weekend's Daytona 500. He will share the front row with the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota of Chase Briscoe, which means these two drivers will be the pole-sitters for their respective Duel races.
In Duel #1, it will be Busch and Ryan Preece on the front row, while Duel #2 will see JGR teammates Briscoe and Denny Hamlin on the front row.
The field of 45 will be equally split between the two races, with up to ten points available as the top-ten finishers from each Duel race score what is equivalent to a stage in a normal NASCAR race.
In the battle to make the Daytona 500 field, Corey Heim and Justin Allgaier locked in two of the four open spots via their qualifying speed. However, two more spots remain on the grid, and the top-finishing open driver (who is not yet locked-in) from each Duel race will secure themselves one of those coveted positions.
In Duel #1, open driver Corey LaJoie will face Casey Mears and Chandler Smith in that tense battle. In Duel #2, the matchup is Anthony Alfredo, BJ McLeod, and JJ Yeley.
Below, you can find the complete starting lineup for both Duel races:
Duel #1 and Duel #2 Starting Lineups
*Denotes open driver not yet locked in
| Duel #1 Starting Pos. | Driver | Duel #2 Starting Pos. | Driver |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 1 | Chase Briscoe |
| 2 | Ryan Preece | 2 | Denny Hamlin |
| 3 | Corey Heim | 3 | Kyle Larson |
| 4 | Alex Bowman | 4 | Chase Elliott |
| 5 | Chris Buescher | 5 | Ty Gibbs |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 6 | Christopher Bell |
| 7 | Austin Dillon | 7 | Justin Allgaier |
| 8 | *Corey LaJoie | 8 | Austin Cindric |
| 9 | John-Hunter Nemechek | 9 | Zane Smith |
| 10 | Brad Keselowski | 10 | Michael McDowell |
| 11 | Ryan Blaney | 11 | Connor Zilisch |
| 12 | William Byron | 12 | Erik Jones |
| 13 | Cole Custer | 13 | Josh Berry |
| 14 | Cody Ware | 14 | Carson Hocevar |
| 15 | Jimmie Johnson | 15 | Riley Herbst |
| 16 | Bubba Wallace | 16 | Todd Gilliland |
| 17 | AJ Allmendinger | 17 | *Anthony Alfredo |
| 18 | Ross Chastain | 18 | Ty Dillon |
| 19 | Shane van Gisbergen | 19 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
| 20 | Daniel Suarez | 20 | Tyler Reddick |
| 21 | *Chandler Smith | 21 | *BJ McLeod |
| 22 | *Casey Mears | 22 | *JJ Yeley |
| 23 | Noah Gragson | -- | -- |
