2025 Daytona 500
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Sunday February 16, 2:30 p.m. he, Fox
Chase Briscoe and Austin Cindric start in the front row with Bubba Wallace and Erik Jones in the second row. Wallace won the first duel qualification race Thursday eveningWhile Cindric was ahead of Jones in the last round when the flag of warning stolen in the second duel. Briscoe and Cindric have won their places in the front row Thanks to their qualification speeds during the qualification session on Wednesday evening.
The champions of the Cup Cup series and now part -time retirement pilots Martin Truex Jr. and Jimmie Johnson won two of the four open places available for non -cardboard teams with their speed during the qualifications on Wednesday evening. Justin Allgaier made his way in the field Thursday evening in the first duel to give the team of Dale Earnhardt Jr. his first start in the series series, while Corey Lajoie won the last transfer in the second duel race.
The 40 cars are field will be 41 cars thanks to a new provisional system implemented by Nascar Before the season. The quadruple winner of Indianapolis 500, Helio Castroneves, will start 41st after having crushed his duel race. Castroneves made the first beginning of the series of cups in his career.
Here’s what you need to know before Sunday’s race.
Hendrick goes for two figures
Another victory for Daytona 500 will make Hendrick Motorsports the most winning team in the history of Daytona 500.
Hendrick equaled Petty Enterprises with a ninth victory of Daytona 500 in 2024 when William Byron took the checkered flag. This 500 victory was the first in 10 seasons for a Hendrick driver after Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. went consecutive in 2013 and 2014.
Hendrick has a blow as good as anyone who also obtained this 10th victory of Daytona 500. The teams of the team looked strong in the qualification races on Thursday evening, even if Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson were taken in accidents. It will be an astonishing if there are not several Hendrick cars in front for a large part of the race.
“Hendrick Motorsports has so many history that it is, and I have the impression that they simply add another victory would be more to that,” said Byron. “I am excited for the week. I am really ready to start. I have the impression that all our teams are really prepared and we are just ready to leave.”
Denny Hamlin aims to link Cale Yarborough
Denny Hamlin is the only full -time pilot in 2025 to have won several Daytona 500 and one of the two multiple winners in the Sunday field alongside Johnson, a double winner of Daytona 500.
Hamlin, 44, won these three victories over five years in 2016, 2019 and 2020. He was one of the best runners in Daytona and Talladega in the past decade, but it is also worth wondering If its greatness at the editorial staff of style races has been attenuated a little to the fact that the series of the current cup is rushing. Drivers are unable to obtain races in the project as easily as they could before and had to trust strongly on the pushes of the cars behind.
“(Qualifications) have never been important as much as possible now – simply because the way these cars hit the holes in the air, there is simply not the possibility of driving from the back At the front, “said Hamlin. “The last year of (a previous generation car), I restarted 29th in Talladega on a green white and won the race. This day is over with it. You have to be good in advance.
A fourth victory would equalize Hamlin with Cale Yarborough for the second largest victories of Daytona 500 behind the seven of Richard Petty.
Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch are the favorites of betting
Three of the top five favorites before Sunday’s race never won a Daytona 500. Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch are the favorites at +1200 ahead of Joey Logano, Hamlin and Brad Keselowski at +1400. Logano seeks his second victory for Daytona 500 after winning the race a decade ago.
Busch was looking for his first victory for Daytona 500 during her 20th departure. It is very aware that Dale Earnhardt won his only Daytona 500 in 1998 during his 20th departure.
“Twenty years of testing,” said Busch. “There was another vegetable runner from the past who won his 20th test and it was a big problem.”
Keselowski got closer in 2021, but crashed in the last round while he and the teammate Logano ran for the head with a push by the possible winner Michael McDowell.
Will the race go more than 500 miles?
Recent history indicates that it is more likely that improbable that daytona 500 will not be done after 500 miles. Five of the last seven races have exceeded their expected distance due to accidents towards the end of the race. Two years ago, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won a Daytona 500 that traveled 530 miles – the longest in the history of the race.
Two of the three Daytona 500 races with this current car exceeded their planned distance and each race presented at least one crash with a minimum of eight cars. There will most likely be a big wreck on Sunday. And it will probably happen late in the race while drivers push Jockey for the position.
“First of all, all the time,” said Logano on Wednesday when he was asked where he wanted to be when the white flag greeted. “You don’t know when yellow is going out. Do you know that you are going to finish the race under green? No, so I want to be the first.
Yes, we have to talk about the weather
The Daytona 500 has been delayed by the rain in three of the last five seasons. In 2020 and 2024, the race ended on Monday. In 2021, the race was delayed until Sunday evening.
Unfortunately, we must also mention the weather forecast for this year’s race. There is 60% rainy chance on Sunday. Hopefully the race can take place as planned.
Daytona 500
You will find below the starting alignment of the Sunday race, although it will seem a little different on the green flag due to drivers who go to backup cars after accidents in their qualification races .
1. Chase Briscoe
2. Austin Cindric
3. Bubba Wallace
4. Erik Jones
5. William Byron
6. Chris Buescher
7. Ty dillon
8. Denny Hamlin
9. Ross Chastain
10. Joey Logano
11. Tyler Reddick
12. Corey Lajoie
13. AJ Allmendinger
14. Todd Gilliland
15. Austin Dillon
16. Ryan Blaney
17. Chase Elliott
18. John Hunter Nemechek
19. Justin Allgaier
20. Christopher Bell
21. Kyle Busch
22. Kyle Larson
23. Ty Gibbs
24. Riley Herbst
25. Michael McDowell
26. Shane Van Gisbergen
27. Ryan Preece
28. Cody Ware
29. Josh Berry
30. COLE CUSTER
31. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
32. Noah Gragson
33. CARSON HOCEVAR
34. Brad Keselowski
35. Justin Haley
36. Daniel Suarez
37. Zane Smith
38. Alex Bowman
39. Martin Truex Jr.
40. Jimmie Johnson
41. Helio Castroneves
