| Race details [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] | |
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| Date | February 11, 2021 |
| Location | Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4 km) |
| Distance | Race 1: 60 laps, 150 mi (240 km) Race 2: 63 laps, 157.5 mi (252 km) |
| Avg Speed | Race 1: 191.966 miles per hour (308.939 km/h) Race 2: 158.071 miles per hour (254.391 km/h) |
| Race 1 | |
| Pole position | Alex Bowman |
| Most laps led | Aric Almirola (52) |
| Winner | Aric Almirola |
| Race 2 | |
| Pole position | William Byron |
| Most laps led | William Byron (34) |
| Winner | Austin Dillon |
| Television | |
| Network | Fox Sports 1 & MRN |
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer (Television) Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace (Booth) Dave Moody (1 & 2), Mike Bagley (Backstretch) and Kyle Rickey (3 & 4) (Turns) (Radio) |
The 2021 Bluegreen Vacations Duels are a pair of NASCAR Cup Series stock car races that will be held on February 11, 2021, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Both contested over 60 laps, they will be the qualifying races for the 2021 Daytona 500.
Daytona International Speedway is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four–turn superspeedway that is 2.5-mile (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.
Alex Bowman scored the pole for the race with a time of 47.056 and a speed of 191.261 mph (307.805 km/h). [7]
| Pos | Grid | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 60 | 10 |
| 2 | 4 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 60 | 9 |
| 3 | 12 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 60 | 8 |
| 4 | 11 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 60 | 7 |
| 5 | 5 | 37 | Ryan Preece | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 60 | 6 |
| 6 | 17 | 96 | Ty Dillon (i) | Gaunt Brothers Racing | Toyota | 60 | 5 |
| 7 | 8 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 60 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | 99 | Daniel Suárez | Trackhouse Racing Team | Chevrolet | 60 | 3 |
| 9 | 14 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 60 | 2 |
| 10 | 18 | 77 | Jamie McMurray | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 60 | 1 |
| 11 | 3 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 60 | 0 |
| 12 | 9 | 21 | Matt DiBenedetto | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 60 | 0 |
| 13 | 7 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 60 | 0 |
| 14 | 13 | 41 | Cole Custer | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 60 | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 60 | 0 |
| 16 | 10 | 33 | Austin Cindric (i) | Team Penske | Ford | 59 | 0 |
| 17 | 15 | 43 | Erik Jones | Richard Petty Motorsports | Chevrolet | 59 | 0 |
| 18 | 19 | 00 | Quin Houff | StarCom Racing | Chevrolet | 58 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 | 66 | Timmy Hill (i) | MBM Motorsports | Ford | 57 | 0 |
| 20 | 1 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 56 | 0 |
| 21 | 21 | 51 | Cody Ware | Petty Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 56 | 0 |
| 22 | 22 | 52 | Josh Bilicki | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 14 | 0 |
| Official race results | |||||||
NOTE: Points in italics are owner points only. The driver is ineligible because he declared points in another national series. Owner points, not driver points, will be used by NASCAR in calculating points for purposes of setting fields for the majority of Cup Series races in 2021.
| Pos | Grid | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 63 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota | 63 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 63 | 8 |
| 4 | 8 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 63 | 7 |
| 5 | 5 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 63 | 6 |
| 6 | 9 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford | 63 | 5 |
| 7 | 17 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 63 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | 36 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 63 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 63 | 2 |
| 10 | 15 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 63 | 1 |
| 11 | 13 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 63 | 0 |
| 12 | 14 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 63 | 0 |
| 13 | 20 | 53 | Joey Gase | Rick Ware Racing | Ford | 63 | 0 |
| 14 | 10 | 16 | Kaz Grala | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 63 | 0 |
| 15 | 11 | 14 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 61 | 0 |
| 16 | 18 | 13 | Garrett Smithley (i) | MBM Motorsports | Ford | 61 | 0 |
| 17 | 21 | 15 | Derrike Cope | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 59 | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | 62 | Noah Gragson (i) | Beard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 56 | 0 |
| 19 | 1 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 56 | 0 |
| 20 | 12 | 42 | Ross Chastain | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 56 | 0 |
| 21 | 16 | 38 | Anthony Alfredo (R) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 35 | 0 |
| 22 | 19 | 78 | B. J. McLeod (i) | Live Fast Motorsports | Ford | 35 | 0 |
| Official race results | |||||||
| FS1 | ||
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| Booth announcers | Pit reporters | In-race analyst |
| Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy Color-commentator: Jeff Gordon Color-commentator: Clint Bowyer | Jamie Little Regan Smith | Larry McReynolds |
| MRN Radio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lead announcer: Alex Hayden Announcer: Jeff Striegle Announcer: Rusty Wallace | Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody Backstretch: Mike Bagley Turns 3 & 4: Kyle Rickey | Steve Post Kim Coon |
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