NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Gander RV Duel 2 starting lineup

Following the qualifying session for the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season opener, the Daytona 500, the starting lineup for Gander RV Duel 2 is set.

Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman is the second of two drivers who locked themselves into their starting positions for the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season opener, the 61st annual Daytona 500, in the qualifying session for the race at Daytona International Speedway.

Bowman qualified in second place for this race and is set to start it on the outside of the front row alongside teammate William Byron. As a result, the 25-year-old Tucson, Arizona native is set to start from the pole position for Gander RV Duel 2 on Thursday, February 14 in his #88 Chevrolet.

However, Bowman will not have anything to gain in this race aside of experience because of the fact that he is set to start in second place in next Sunday’s Daytona 500 regardless of what happens in it.

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The drivers who finished the qualifying session in the even positions are set to compete in this 60-lap Gander RV Duel 2 around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) high-banked Daytona International Speedway oval in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott is set to start Gander RV Duel 2 alongside Bowman on the front row, as he finished in fourth place in the Daytona 500 qualifying session in his #9 Chevrolet.

Elliott was the second fastest driver who is not locked into a front row starting position. The fastest of these drivers is teammate Jimmie Johnson, who is set to start Gander RV Duel 1 on the outside of the front row alongside Byron.

Team Penske’s Joey Logano, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer and Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon are set to round out the top five in the starting lineup for Gander RV Duel 2 in third, fourth and fifth place in their #22 Ford, #14 Ford and #3 Chevrolet, respectively.

Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Erik Jones, Richard Childress Racing’s Tyler Reddick, Roush Fenway Racing’s Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Daniel Suarez are set to round out the top 10 in the starting lineup for this race in sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #11 Toyota, #20 Toyota, #31 Chevrolet, #17 Ford and #41 Ford, respectively.

The finishing order of this race, not including where Bowman finishes, is set to determine the even starting positions for the Daytona 500.

Here is the starting lineup for 2019 Gander RV Duel 2 at Daytona International Speedway. Included are the qualifying Daytona 500 qualifying speeds for each driver.

Rank – Driver – Speed (miles per hour)
1 – Alex Bowman – 194.154
2 – Chase Elliott – 193.782
3 – Joey Logano – 192.448
4 – Clint Bowyer – 192.291
5 – Austin Dillon – 191.416
6 – Denny Hamlin – 190.492
7 – Erik Jones – 191.127
8 – Tyler Reddick – 190.836
9 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – 190.771
10 – Daniel Suarez – 190.698
11 – Chris Buescher – 190.432
12 – Ryan Newman – 190.018
13 – Casey Mears – 189.849
14 – Ryan Preece – 189.709
15 – Matt DiBenedetto – 189.414
16 – Kyle Larson – 189.215
17 – Ty Dillon – 188.715
18 – Parker Kligerman – 188.206
19 – Landon Cassill – 187.402
20 – Cody Ware – 183.737
21 – Joey Gase – 180.930

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Gander RV Duel 2 is scheduled to take place at 9:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, February 14, and it is set to be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1 from Daytona International Speedway. Fox is set to broadcast the 61st annual Daytona 500 live at 2:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, February 17 to get the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season underway, so be sure not to miss it.

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