The starting lineup is set for the 56th running of the Daytona 500 from Daytona International Speedway on Sunday. It was already known that rookie Austin Dillion and Martin Truex Jr. would start up front based on their qualifying performances last weekend, but the rest of the field had yet to be determined.
The final qualifying took place on Thursday night as the drivers raced in the Budweiser Duel at Daytona to determine who’s in an who’s out. While Dillon will be at the pole on Sunday in his original car, Truex won’t be so lucky. On the last lap of the second qualifying race, Truex was involved in a wreck that also took Jimmy Johnson, Carl Edwards and Jamie McMurray as victims. Truex will likely have to start the race in a backup car.
Here is your full order for the 500:
- Austin Dillon
- Martin Truex (to back of field)
- Matt Kensth
- Denny Hamlin (will move up to front row)
- Kasey Kahne
- Jeff Gordon
- Marcos Ambrose
- Kurt Busch
- Dale Earnahrdt Jr.
- Paul Menard
- Josh Wise
- Brian Scott
- Aric Almirola
- Trevor Bayne
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Kyle Larson
- David Gililand
- Landon Cassill
- Ryan Newman
- Clint Bowyer
- Tony Stewart
- Jamie McMurray
- Cole Whitt
- Terry Labonte
- Greg Biffle
- Bobby Labonte
- Danica Patrick
- Casey Mears
- Alex Bowman
- Carl Edwards
- Brian Vickrs
- Jimmie Johnson
- Brad Keselowski
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Joey Logano
- Michael Anntt
- Kyle Busch
- Kevin Harvick
- Reed Sorenson
- Justin Allgair
- Parker Kligrman
- Michael Waltrip
- David Ragan
The Daytona 500 gets underway Sunday at 1pm EST on FOX.
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