NASCAR: 2021 Daytona 500 qualifying order revealed

The qualifying order for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500 is set. Here’s how the cars will roll off this evening.

Single-car qualifying to set the front row for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway is scheduled to take place this evening, and the qualifying order is set.

This order, which includes all 44 cars on the entry list, was determined by two random draws. The 24 cars lowest in the 2020 owner standings drew for spots 1 through 24 while the top 20 cars in the 2020 owner standings draw for spots 25 through 44.

Kaulig Racing’s Kaz Grala, who is not locked into the race, is set to be the first to qualify for this 200-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) high-banked oval in Daytona Beach, Florida.

The 36 chartered cars locked into the race and the eight non-chartered cars battling for the final four spots in the 40-car field are all set to make qualifying runs.

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The fastest two drivers will secure their starting positions on the front row for Sunday’s 63rd annual running of the “Great American Race”, while the entire results of today’s session will solidify the starting lineups for tomorrow evening’s Bluegreen Vacations Duels.

The drivers in the even positions in tonight’s session will compete in the second of the two Duels tomorrow evening, and the drivers in the odd positions, including the Daytona 500 polesitter, will compete in the first. Those two races will ultimately determine the entire Daytona 500 starting lineup.

Two of the drivers of the non-chartered cars will secure their spots in the main race based on their qualifying times in tonight’s session, and two more will do so tomorrow evening in the Duels. The Duels will also determine which four drivers won’t qualify for the race.

Here is the full qualifying order for the 2021 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.

Order – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer
1 – Kaz Grala – #16, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet
2 – Daniel Suarez – #99, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet
3 – Ty Dillon – #96, Gaunt Brothers Racing, Toyota
4 – Quin Houff – #00, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet
5 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet
6 – Austin Cindric – #33, Team Penske, Ford
7 – Derrike Cope – #15, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet
8 – Joey Gase – #53, Rick Ware Racing, Ford
9 – Ryan Newman – #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford
10 – David Ragan – #36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
11 – Cody Ware – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Chevrolet
12 – Anthony Alfredo – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
13 – Erik Jones – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet
14 – B.J. McLeod – #78, Live Fast Motorsports, Chevrolet
15 – Ross Chastain – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet
16 – Noah Gragson – #62, Beard Motorsports, Chevrolet
17 – Timmy Hill – #66, MBM Motorsports, Toyota
18 – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
19 – Chris Buescher – #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford
20 – Garrett Smithley – #13, MBM Motorsports, Ford
21 – Bubba Wallace – #23, 23XI Racing, Toyota
22 – Corey LaJoie – #7, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet
23 – Josh Bilicki – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Ford
24 – Ryan Preece – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet
25 – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
26 – Tyler Reddick – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet
27 – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
28 – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
29 – Jamie McMurray – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet
30 – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
31 – Brad Keselowski – #2, Team Penske, Ford
32 – Cole Custer – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
33 – Kurt Busch – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet
34 – Kyle Larson – #5, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
35 – Matt DiBenedetto – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford
36 – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
37 – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet
38 – Alex Bowman – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
39 – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
40 – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford
41 – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford
42 – Chase Briscoe – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
43 – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
44 – Christopher Bell – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota

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Qualifying is set to be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1 beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET this evening, and the Bluegreen Vacations Duels are set to be broadcast live on the same network and at the same time tomorrow evening. The Daytona 500 itself is set to be broadcast live on Fox beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, February 14.

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