It was contested over 209 laps extended from 200 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 2. The 2020 daytona 500 is a nascar cup series race that will be held on sunday, february 16, 2020 at the daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida. Feb 14, 2020 the 62nd annual daytona 500 is set for sunday and after qualifying races, the starting order is official. Driver stats buy tickets camping info fantasy live mobile app nascar podcasts nascar shop. Starting lineup for the daytona 500 nascar talk nbc sports. The 62nd annual daytona 500 is set for sunday and after qualifying races, the starting order is official. Here is the starting lineup and grid for the 40car field in sundays daytona 500 to kick off the 2016 nascar sprint cup season, from rookie pole sitter chase elliott through robert richardson jr. Suarez was vying for one of the two remaining open spots in the daytona 500 lineup, which is capped at 40 drivers.
Drivers competing in the 2018 daytona 500 usa today. Kyle busch, the 2019 cup series champion, will start 28th. The starting grid for this 200lap race around the fourturn, 2. Heres a look at the official 40car field for this years great american race. The rest of the starting order was set with the drivers in the first duel being awarded the odd starting positions based on where they finished and. The daytona 500 will be held february 16, 2020 at the daytona international speedway. His starting position of 34th was the lowest starting position of a daytona 500 winner.
The 60th annual daytona 500 is coming in hot and the starting lineup is set. The 36 charter teams are guaranteed a spot in the daytona 500 field, and seven open, noncharter teams competed for the final four spots. For a list of pole winners, see list of daytona 500 pole position winners. Apr 01, 2007 with 43 starting positions in the daytona 500, heres how they were filled so far. Share this article share tweet text email link nick schwartz. After a series of qualifying events including the canam duels, which set the starting lineup for most of the field. Below is the entry list for the 62nd running for the daytona 500. Denny hamlin won the race in a photo finish over martin. Et at daytona motor speedway, and the full racing order is set. Qualifying results, pole winner, driver entry list. We have several exclusive driver ticket packages that include a ticket to the daytona 500 and some. Official 2020 daytona 500 starting lineup yahoo sports.
Up to the 2014 race, drivers took two timed laps, and the better of the two timed laps was the driver s lap for purposes of daytona 500 qualifying. The 2020 daytona 500, the 62nd running of the event, was a nascar cup series race held on february 1617, 2020. In the wake of ryan newmans crash near the end of the daytona 500 that horrified onlookers and left the veteran driver hospitalized in serious condition, denny hamlin and his team, joe gibbs. The entire daytona 500 had to be moved back a day that year. Joey logano, third position and william byron, fourth position.
Radiomrn, sirius xm nascar radio, the seasonopening race for the nascar cup series. Third place was the highest possible daytona 500 starting position for the drivers who competed in gander rv duel 1, as hendrick motorsports william byron, who started it from the pole position. The 36 charter teams are guaranteed a spot in the daytona 500 field, and seven. The daytona 500 is a 500 milelong 805 km nascar cup series motor race held annually at the daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida. With this past sundays singlecar qualifying session at daytona. The starting lineup was established through thursday nights twin qualifying races, won by. Feb 21, 2016 here is the starting lineup and grid for the 40car field in sundays daytona 500 to kick off the 2016 nascar sprint cup season, from rookie pole sitter chase elliott through robert richardson jr. The last pole winner to win the race was dale jarrett in 2000. Hendrick driver kyle bowman will start second after earning that spot in pole qualifying. It was the first race of the 2018 monster energy nascar cup series season, and also marked the first race for the chevrolet. The 2015 race used the standard knockout qualifying system. Feb 14, 2020 ricky stenhouse will start on the pole for sundays daytona 500.
Heres the starting lineup for the 2018 daytona 500 the drive. It was the first race of the 2020 nascar cup series season the race was started by president of the united states donald. The preparation for the daytona 500 is in full swing, with the canam duels representing the next stage of action. Drivers competing in the 2019 daytona 500 usa today. The 2019 nascar cup series gets underway with the 61st iteration of the daytona 500 on sunday. Its the third time hamlin has won the daytona 500, and he is the first driver to win backtoback years at the great american race since sterling marlin in 1994 and 1995. Hamlin, the 2016 daytona 500 winner, will start alongside bowman in the front row in the second position, following a season that saw him win twice. Feb 18, 2018 the starting lineup for the 2018 daytona 500, headed by alex bowman in pole position on sunday. The two fastest qualifiers were also drivers on top35 teamswhat a surpriseso their two starting slots are. As a refresher, duel 1 results set the inside row of the daytona 500 starting lineup.
Alex bowman has already won pole position for next sundays main event, followed. The winners of each of the two 60lap duels will secure the second row to start the daytona 500. The even starting positions for the 2019 nascar cup series season opener, the daytona 500, are set following gander rv duel 2. These photos taken in february 2020 show drivers in the starting lineup for sundays nascar daytona 500 auto race in daytona beach, fla. His four laps led tied 1975 daytona 500 champion benny parsons for the fewest laps led by a daytona 500 winner. The first daytona 500 was held in 1959, coinciding with the opening of the speedway, and since 1982, it has been the seasonopening race of the cup series. This was the case because of the fact that hendrick motorsports alex bowman. Daytona 500 2020 qualifying format, group rules, schedule. List of daytona 500 pole position winners wikipedia.
Ways to follow the race as a refresher, duel 1 results set the inside row of the daytona 500 starting lineup. Pole qualifying for the daytona 500 is held one weekend before the race at. Seven drivers will compete in their first daytona 500. Fourth place was the highest possible daytona 500 starting position for the drivers who competed in gander rv duel 2. Qualifying began last sunday, and one qualifying lap and two 150mile qualifying races later, the 40car starting lineup is set. Feb, 2020 former daytona 500 champion joey logano and william byron won the bluegreen vacations duel at daytona races thursday night at daytona international speedway, earning secondrow starting positions for sundays 62nd annual daytona 500 2. After two of nascars best young prospects, william byron and alex bowman, clinched the frontrow positions for the daytona 500 last weekend, the rest of the starting lineup was determined by. After two of nascars best young prospects, william byron and alex bowman, clinched the frontrow positions for the daytona 500 last weekend, the rest of the starting lineup was determined by thursdays gander rv duel qualifying races at daytona. A field of 40 drivers will take the green flag on sunday afternoon at daytona international speedway for the 62nd running of the daytona 500. The pole position is the most proficient starting position in the daytona 500 field, producing more winners nine than any other position. Hendrick motorsports has won nine daytona 500 pole positions in the last 20 years most in the series during that time. Drivers competing in the 2020 daytona 500 fox sports.
Feb 09, 2020 the 2020 nascar cup series will kick off with the daytona 500, with frontrow qualifying for the race taking place on sunday. Daytona 500 pole position winners for the nascar cup seriess daytona 500 are. The biggest and most anticipated race of the nascar cup series season will have to wait until monday. The 40 drivers competing in the 2020 daytona 500, in order of starting position. The 2016 daytona 500, the 58th running of the event, was a nascar sprint cup series race held on february 21, 2016, at daytona international speedway in daytona beach, florida. The green flag for sundays daytona 500 flew a little after 4 p. Both front row starters are locked into these starting positions. Starting from the very front was important pre2001, but you seem to be able to start further back and still win in the post2001 era.
It is one of four restrictor plate races on the cup schedule. Brennan poole, justin haley, john hunter nemechek, cole custer, hill and christopher bell. The starting lineup for the 2020 daytona 500 is set. Starting grid, drivers and more in his final daytona 500, jeff gordon will lead the field to the start finish line sunday afternoon, and hell have plenty of. The first duel will determine the oddnumbered starting positions in rows nos.
The 40 drivers competing in the 2018 daytona 500, in order of starting position. All 43 drivers on the entry list will take part in sundays qualifying session, but only pole position and second place on the starting grid will be locked down. William byron was locked into the pole position for the daytona 500 after logging the fastest lap in singlecar qualifying sunday. Following the gander rv duel races, here is the official daytona 500 starting lineup. All 43 drivers on the entry list will take part in sundays qualifying. He became the fifth driver to win both the daytona 500 and the nascar busch series race in the same year. Feb 14, 2020 the 40car field has been set for the 62nd running of the daytona 500 2. Wwe superstar sheamus named honorary pace car driver for 62nd. The pole position is the winningest starting position in the daytona 500 field nine winners. Below is the entry list for the 62nd running for the daytona 500, scheduled for sunday, february 16. Following the conclusion of gander rv duel 2, the even starting. Following the bluegreen vacations duel races, here is the. Feb 15, 2020 the daytona 500 is scheduled to get underway sunday afternoon at 2. Daytona 500 2020 qualifying format, group rules, schedule and.
Get to know the drivers competing in the 2020 daytona 500. Learn more about the seasonopening nascar cup series race and get tickets, packages, and gear. The remaining starting positions will be determined by finishing order in each of the duels. Nascar starting lineup for sundays daytona 500 athlon sports. Feb 17, 2020 for the first time since 2012, the great american race will run on monday. Denny hamlin seeks to be the first driver to win this race in backtoback years since sterling marlin won this race in 199495. The start of the 2020 nascar cup series season is still a week away, but the first two starting positions for the seasonopening daytona 500 at daytona international speedway are set to be. Csaba csere explains how to make the field at the daytona 500. Starting lineup for the 61st annual daytona 500 at daytona international speedway. The 40 drivers competing in the 2019 daytona 500, in order of starting position. The dayton duels set the starting order positions for the daytona 500. Daytona 500 pole position winners for the monster energy nascar cup series s daytona 500 are rewarded with being the driver to lead the field across the start line at the beginning of the 200lap 500mile 800 km race. The 20 daytona 500 is the super bowl of nascar, and the layout of the starting lineup is proving that there are some bigname drivers in position to dominate the great american race drivers.
Nascar hall of famers bill elliott 1985, 1987 and cale yarborough 1968, 1984 are the only two drivers to accomplish the feat more than once wins. Landed ride at jtg and promptly won daytona 500 pole. Starting lineup, rosters for the 2020 daytona 500 nascar. Thursday night, nascar cup drivers will compete in one of two twin duel races to set the final lineup and starting order for sundays daytona 500. Jimmie johnson will make his final daytona 500 start today. Feb 15, 2019 the 40 drivers competing in the 2019 daytona 500, in order of starting position. Following the bluegreen vacations duels, the starting lineup for the 2020 nascar cup series seasonopening daytona 500 is set. The 2020 daytona 500 is set for a restart after getting. The 2018 daytona 500, the 60th running of the event, was a monster energy nascar cup series race held on february 18, 2018, contested over 207 lapsextended from 200 laps due to an overtime finishon the 2. Two people won from 19 th place in 2001 and 2002 no ones won the daytona 500 since 1982 starting in 20 th to 31 st place.
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