After the Busch Mild Pole Qualifying session and Bluegreen Trip Duels races, the 40-car discipline is about for NASCAR’s sixty fifth annual Daytona 500. The Nice American Race will kick off the seventy fifth yr for the NASCAR Cup Sequence season on Sunday, February 19, 2023 at Daytona Worldwide Speedway.

Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman has already secured the pole for the race in Wednesday’s single-car qualifying. He might be joined by his teammate Kyle Larson on the entrance row after Larson posted the second quickest lap.

2022 NASCAR Cup Sequence champion Joey Logano received the Duel 1, edging out Christopher Bell on the end line on Thursday and can begin third of Sunday’s Daytona 500. Aric Almirola received the Duel 2 and can begin fourth within the race, edging out defending champion of the occasion Austin Cindric.

Cindric will begin sixth as he appears to be like to win back-to-back titles. Kevin Harvick, racing in his twenty second and ultimate Nice American Race, will begin thirteenth within the race.

4 drivers whose groups didn’t have a Cup Sequence constitution have been nonetheless in a position to earn their spot within the beginning spot: seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, stunt driver Travis Pastrana, defending Truck Sequence champion Zane Smith, and IndyCar veteran Conor Daly.

Chandler Smith and Austin Hill did not qualify for the race after dealing with points of their respective Duel races.

2022 NASCAR Daytona 500 beginning line-up

Listed below are the beginning positions of the 40-car grid at Daytona Worldwide Speedway:

1. #48 – Alex Bowman
2. #5 – Kyle Larson
3. #22 – Joey Logano
4. #10 – Aric Almirola
5. #20 – Christopher Bell
6. #2 – Austin Cindric
7. #12 – Ryan Blaney
8. #9 – Chase Elliott
9. #17 – Chris Buescher
10. #6 – Brad Keselowski
11. #34 – Michael McDowell
12. #7 – Corey LaJoie
13. #4 – Kevin Harvick
14. #38 – Todd Gilliland
15. #23 – Bubba Wallace
16. #19 – Martin Truex Jr.
17. #36 – Zane Smith*
18. #11 – Denny Hamlin
19. #21 – Harrison Burton
20. #41 – Ryan Preece
21. #24 – William Byron
22. #42 – Noah Gragson
23. #1 – Ross Chastain
24. #99 – Daniel Suárez
25. #43 – Erik Jones
26. #45 – Tyler Reddick
27. #3 – Austin Dillon
28. #31 – Justin Haley
29. #84 – Jimmie Johnson*
30. #14 – Chase Briscoe
31. #16 – AJ Allmendinger
32. #78 – BJ McLeod
33. #47 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
34. #50 – Conor Daly*
35. #54 – Ty Gibbs
36. #8 – Kyle Busch
37. #51 – Cody Ware
38. #15 – Riley Herbst
39. #77 – Ty Dillon
40. #67 – Travis Pastrana*