NASCAR: Full qualifying order for 2023 Daytona 500

The order in which the 42 drivers on the Daytona 500 entry list are set to qualify for the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season opener is set.

The 65th annual Daytona 500 is scheduled to get the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season underway this Sunday, February 19 at Daytona International Speedway, and the qualifying order is set.

All 42 drivers on the entry list are set to make a single-lap qualifying attempt around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) high-banked Daytona Beach, Florida oval on Wednesday night.

The fastest two drivers secure spots on the front row for the Daytona 500, in addition to the top starting spots for Thursday’s two Bluegreen Vacations Duels. The full qualifying results set the starting lineups for both Duels.

Additionally, with the 36 chartered entries already locked in, two of the six drivers of non-chartered entries are set to secure their spots in the Daytona 500 field via this single-car session, leaving the other four to battle for the final two in the Duels.

The qualifying order for the single-car session was determined by two random draws. The top 20 in last year’s owner standings drew for the final 20 spots, while everybody else drew for the first 2022.

Here is the full qualifying order for the NASCAR Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500.

NOTE: * = driver is driving a non-chartered entry and is therefore not locked into the Daytona 500.

Order – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer
1 – Chandler Smith* – No. 13, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet
2 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – No. 47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet
3 – Brad Keselowski – No. 6, RFK Racing, Ford
4 – Ryan Preece – No. 41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
5 – Justin Haley – No. 31, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet
6 – Harrison Burton – No. 21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford
7 – Conor Daly* – No. 50, The Money Team Racing, Chevrolet
8 – Ty Dillon – No. 77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet
9 – A.J. Allmendinger – No. 16, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet
10 – Michael McDowell – No. 34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
11 – Corey LaJoie – No. 7, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet
12 – Riley Herbst – No. 15, Rick Ware Racing, Ford
13 – Noah Gragson – No. 42, Legacy Motor Club, Chevrolet
14 – Todd Gilliland – No. 38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
15 – Zane Smith* – No. 36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
16 – Chris Buescher – No. 17, RFK Racing, Ford
17 – Jimmie Johnson* – No. 84, Legacy Motor Club, Chevrolet
18 – Travis Pastrana* – No. 67, 23XI Racing, Toyota
19 – Austin Hill* – No. 62, Beard Motorsports, Chevrolet
20 – B.J. McLeod – No. 78, Live Fast Motorsports, Chevrolet
21 – Bubba Wallace – No. 23, 23XI Racing, Toyota
22 – Cody Ware – No. 51, Rick Ware Racing, Ford
23 – Kevin Harvick – No. 4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
24 – Chase Elliott – No. 9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
25 – Chase Briscoe – No. 14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
26 – Ty Gibbs – No. 54, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
27 – Ross Chastain – No. 1, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet
28 – Joey Logano – No. 22, Team Penske, Ford
29 – Erik Jones – No. 43, Legacy Motor Club, Chevrolet
30 – Kyle Busch – No. 8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet
31 – Kyle Larson – No. 5, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
32 – Austin Dillon – No. 3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet
33 – Aric Almirola – No. 10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
34 – William Byron – No. 24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
35 – Ryan Blaney – No. 12, Team Penske, Ford
36 – Martin Truex Jr. – No. 19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
37 – Tyler Reddick – No. 45, 23XI Racing, Toyota
38 – Daniel Suarez – No. 99, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet
39 – Denny Hamlin – No. 11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
40 – Alex Bowman – No. 48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
41 – Christopher Bell – No. 20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
42 – Austin Cindric – No. 2, Team Penske, Ford

Tune in to Fox Sports 1 tonight at 8:15 p.m. ET for the live broadcast of the Daytona 500 single-car qualifying session. Fox Sports 1 is also set to broadcast the Bluegreen Vacations Duels live beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET tomorrow evening. The Daytona 500 itself is set to be shown live on Fox beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, February 19. Begin a free trial of FuboTV now!